Author: Chuck
Date: 22:40:39 08/09/02
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On August 08, 2002 at 18:09:16, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 08, 2002 at 17:28:38, Mike S. wrote: > >>We've seen from that latest GM tournament in Argentinia, that current top >>software can probably perform ~2600 "anytime" (single CPU, 1 GHz) under >>difficult circumstances, too: The opponents had been warned by Tiger's >>spectacular success in 2001... but still the program, Hiarcs 8 this time, was a >>big danger for them. But the elo performance was ~2580 (only). >> >>Hiarcs 8 and Junior 7 aren't that much different in strength against humans IMO, >>like all the top programs. In addition to SSDF (where Hiarcs is a bit behind), >>there are rating lists where it is ahead of Junior. >> >>So, based on Hiarcs' performance in Argentinia, we can try to add estimations of >>how much the latest Junior version *could* (not necessarily must be) better than >>Hiarcs 8, and add another estimation for the faster hardware: >> >>2580 + 20 + 50 = 2650 (just rough estimations of course, but IMO reasonable). > >No > >You need to consider the fact that Junior8 is an unknown >opponent when the opponents in argentina had the option to buy >Hiarcs8 and plan their win before the game. > >Assume that this add 50 elo. >Assume that the fact that Junior8 is a better software >add another 50 elo. > >Assume that the better hardware add another 50 elo. > >We get 2580+150=2730. > >Uri I have to agree with Mike S that 150 points better than Hiarcs 8 is likely overestimating Deep Junior 8, even on the best hardware. Still, I expect 2700 strength is attainable. But 2700 will only get Junior slaughtered. Chuck
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