Author: martin fierz
Date: 14:19:13 04/16/02
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>I am still amazed that people claim the programs are low rated (although the >number of people claiming this gets smaller), the combined TPR for the 16 games >will be very strong. GM Smirin would need to win this match by two points just >to bring the comps down to 2650 and some of the programs will be above that >number and a couple below. This hw is not the fastes either, reinforcing that >rating of 2700+ by top programs on fastest hw. you seem to misread the claims intentionally. i for one would never say they are "low rated". oh, and this is rapid chess, don't forget... computers have HUGE weaknesses, and if properly exploited, they play like beginners. if your own rating is like 1000, you cannot see that. if it is only about 1700 like hyatt's, you can. a program which plays a game like shredder vs. smirin is just not GM strength. it is 3000+ in tactics and 2000- in positional play. it may perform at GM level in tournaments, and in matches. but if a program evaluates dead drawn positions like the ones i posted under "strange fritz evaluations" as winning, how can you call it "GM strength"? GM strength to me would imply that it understands that such a position is a draw. even you can understand that it's a draw! so how come the mighty computers can't? aloha martin
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