Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 12:13:12 08/20/02
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On August 20, 2002 at 14:42:08, Russell Reagan wrote: >On August 20, 2002 at 14:23:05, irv wrote: > >>I wonder how much better the average run of the mill GM would be if he were >>allowed the use of a top notch program and hardware .For example take Boris >>Gulko and put him a big tourn with the worlds top 10 .Gulko having the use of a >>computer the rest of the players not having that advantage . Would that be >>enough to have him win the event or would he actually do woarse than he would do >>otherwise?????????? > >I don't see any reason why he would do worse. I think he would probably develop >his own ideas first, then use the computer for checking his tactical variations >mostly. Kramnik said something to that effect when speaking about advanced >chess. He said something along the lines of how the biggest thing he liked about >it was that he didn't have to do all of the tactical analysis and he could let >the computer do that for him, and he could focus more on his strategy. I'm not >sure how much of an improvement a GM like Gulko would get from using a program >against the world's top 10, but I see no reason why it would hinder his >performance. > >Russell Kasparov has the higher rating ever achieved by any player, and Boris Gulko has a plus score against Kaspy without the help of any computer. If you provide GM Gulko the assistance of a computer he would becomes a monters against either Kramnik or Kasparov. PS: I believe that GM Gulko is NOT as good as he was when he faced Kasparov, but with the assistance of a computer, he could probably still beat Kasparov and the other nine best players. Pichard.
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