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 ******************************** 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 ******************************** > >>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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