Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:28:24 07/15/98
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On July 15, 1998 at 11:48:59, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi Danniel: >In this, like in any other field, a tittle is always the result of many >accumulated results, some explicits and some not. It's clear that just to be >part of a GM tournament an so to be capable of becoming a GM you must be at >least an IM invited to be there. And to get 2500 elo you need to win many times >people with or around that rating. So, in the case of Fritz, he will deserve the >tittle if he can obtain the same kind of steady, regular results any human >player need to be tittled as GM. To win here or there is not enough and at most >is a sign that it could be a GM, If he try to be. In other words, we must not >mix the meaning of being GM, a formal tittle given according certain scores >under certain rules, and being capable of being a GM. I think last version of >Fritz -stronger than the first by a wide margin, I believe- could be capable at >least to be IM. >Fernando This is my problem with Shaun's posts here. The title "GM" has a very distinct and tightly-defined meaning. Playing anonymously is *not* part of the equation. Anyone that wants to use the term "GM" needs to use the generally-accepted definition, and *not* create a new definition for an old term. IE use AGM (Artificial or Anonymous GM) or PGM (Psuedo-GM) or something else. But not a title that has been around for a long time with clear and distinct requirements in place to earn it. I believe Fritz might have a chance at earning IM norms, although it is going to have lots of trouble with anti-computer strategies still. But IM's still make enough tactical mistakes that fritz might pull it off. But a GM norm is more difficult, and the opposition takes you much more seriously. And trying to "hide" fritz behind a human is pointless when you talk about "Fritz is a GM" because that is not possible in earning a GM title or even a GM norm at a tournament.
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