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Subject: Re: Hiarcs' GM norm?

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 02:18:36 08/02/02

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On August 01, 2002 at 23:15:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 01, 2002 at 11:47:35, GuyHaworth wrote:
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>>Did Hiarcs do enough to earn a GM norm, had it been carbon rather than silicon?

>>
>
>No idea.  I thought that a GM norm was equivalent to a 2600+ performance
>rating...   Could be wrong there however.


  You are correct here Bob. This is one of the basic criterias for making
  a GM norm. And this is strictly calculated. Some months ago IM Berg
  played a a swiss in Hamburg. The situation before the last round was that
  a draw would give him a performance of 2594. This was not enough for a
  GM norm. He had to play for a win (lost it by the way) to make this
  2600+ performance.

  Sune

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>
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>>Does FIDE acknowledge such achievements, or not?
>
>No.  In fact FIDE won't recognize or rate any games played vs a computer
>at all...
>
>>
>>How can Hiarcs (or any engine) accumulate norms over time ... by proving that it
>>is the same program that accumulated the previous norms ... given that ...
>>
>>Hardware/software combinations have a habit of evolving and might ... to quote a
>>phrase ... go down as well as up.
>>
>>g
>
>
>That is a problem...  USCF used to register computer chess players as a specific
>program on specific hardware...



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