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Subject: Re: How many think Century wil win the Match?

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 05:40:48 02/18/02

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On February 17, 2002 at 19:31:43, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On February 17, 2002 at 18:31:13, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On February 16, 2002 at 14:14:56, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
>>
>>>On February 16, 2002 at 00:44:44, Jose Menendez wrote:
>>>
>>>>Besides myself does anyone think Century will win?
>>>>I am not the strongest Chess player in the World but my impression of century 4
>>>>on my 1 gig machine is that it plays about 2650 Chess. I believe it is stronger
>>>>then both fritz and tiger vs humans, also century is much less known then fritz,
>>>>it is unlikely that many of the top players has any real experience playing it.
>>>>I perdect 2 and half to 1 and a half in favor of Century4. I wonder if a Win for
>>>>Century will convince the die hard skeptics that Computers are now Grandmasters,
>>>>or will a program have to beat the world champion in a match to even be
>>>>considered 2500? With all the recent accomplishments against humans being
>>>>ignored , i bet this will be a requirment.
>>>This Dutch grandmaster is weak for a program like Centuary 4.He will probably
>>>draw 2 games and lose 2.Kasparov would have been a better opponent.
>>
>>Where do you get your information????
>>From the Rebel web site:
>>
>>"The match will be a confrontation between the best Dutch player and the
>>smartest Dutch program. Loek van Wely is champion of the Netherlands, European
>>team champion and top twenty player. He humiliated Fritz SSS in Rotterdam 2000."
>
>Is this on the Rebel site? I really can't remember this sentence?
>
>Ed
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Hello Ed,
Well actually it's not.  I found it through a link on the site.  It's at:
http://www.chessevents.nl/Vanwely/wely_match.htm
Jim
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>
>>You have to walk before you can run.  Most of the Chess World is still trying to
>>prove that Chess programs on PC's are at GM strength.  I believe this has been
>>established already.  But a match vs a top 20 player is a big step beyond an
>>ordinary GM rated say 2500-2550.  A 3-1 win vs this guy would be a very big
>>step.



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