Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 23:28:40 07/12/02
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On July 13, 2002 at 00:20:02, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On July 12, 2002 at 19:33:18, eric guttenberg wrote:
>
>>Mr. Nemeth likely publishes only his successes and there is no telling how
>>many games he may have lost in developing some of his winning lines.
>>
>>Then, too, the games he publishes are mostly at game/30 or faster on his
>>600mhz machine. So he has the advantage of playing with hours of thinking
>>time, in effect, against a program who cannot learn and memorize lines
>>and is not doing a real deep search.
>>
>>Some of the newest programs seem to be getting a little better at this, too.
>>I noticed Mr. Nemeth recently published a series of draws, not wins, against
>>Fritz 7.007 or 7.008. Again, on a 600mhz computer at fast speeds.
>>
>>I do not think he would have much success against the current newest versions
>>of the top progs at game/60 or game/120 playing on a 1.3 ghz computer or so.
>>Mr. Nemeth has clearly demonstrated computer weaknesses though and probably
>>programmers are making the necessary improvements. He has developed his
>>anti-comp techniques into a very interesting continuing story...
>
>I believe you have it upside down...
>
>The slower the games, the better I think he would go. At G/1 minute, I think he
>will lose nearly 100%. At blitz speeds, he can probably win or draw some with a
>good plan. At 40/2, he would probably do very well {maybe get 1/3 of the points
>or more}. I think he will kill the programs at correspondence speed {have a
>better record than the computers}.
>
>I think he is around IM level, if I recall correctly. (2100 German rating)
To become IM you'll need several performances of 2500+ and after that a
rating of 2400+ (if your rating drops below 2400 later on, you still keep
your IM-title.) Equivalent numbers to become GM are: Several performances
of 2600+ (2 or 3 depending of the number of games) and then a rating of
2500+.
Sune
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