Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:05:01 04/15/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 11:18:11, Slater Wold wrote: >On April 15, 2002 at 11:12:58, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>The analysis of the Smirin win over Shredder (round 1) says that Shredder made 4 >>"?" moves in a row: >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/events/games/2002_smirin/smirin.htm >> >>See moves 7, 8, 9, and 10. Also "?" on moves 12 and 15. >> >>Is this common for today's programs on fast PCs? >> >> >>Shredder 6.02 scores quite well against the other top programs. Yet it seemed >>to play well below GM level here. How can both of these things be true? > >I used Shredder 5 on a Dual AMD 1.4Ghz (much faster than the PC used in the >Smirin game) against a GM on ICC in a 5 game match. > >He said that Shredder played like a 2700 GM in SOME positions, but mostly, like >an 1800 patzer. > >I believe that's why people (like myself and Bob Hyatt) seem to think it'll be a >while before a computer program on a PC will be deemed "GM strength". Because a >GM plays like a GM 99.99% of the time, while a computer will play like a >computer 99.99% of the time. GMs are always GM strength, that's what makes them >GMs! > >You can put wool on a wolf, but it's still not a sheep. ;) Would this be fair to say? : "A GM playes like a 2500+ player at least 99% of the time. Today's best programs of today's fast PCs play like 3000+ players some of the time, like 2500 players some of the time, and like 2000 players (or even much weaker) at least 2% of the time."
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