Author: Rick Terry
Date: 18:55:44 09/19/02
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On September 19, 2002 at 17:34:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 19, 2002 at 14:34:48, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On September 19, 2002 at 14:17:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On September 19, 2002 at 14:05:58, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>On September 19, 2002 at 14:03:25, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>If Hiarcs 8 can at least use the new AMD 2.6 Ghz or the upcoming 3.0 Ghz Intel >>>>by January, it might have a chance to win. >>>> >>>>http://www.chessevents.nl/bareev_match.shtml >>> >>> >>>Note that this is 40 moves in 2 hours. >>> >>>The computer is going to have its "hands" full with this GM. Or any >>>GM. At that time control. >> >>At 40/2 on AMD 2.6 or PIV 3.0, the advantage is to the comp. The GM may win, >>but Hiarcs 8.0 is the favorite in this match. >> >>This is great news, my best to both the GM and Hiarcs. > > >I totally disagree. The longer the time control, the better the human will >do. Based on watching these games about 30 years now. IE at correspondence, >a good IM will tear the chips out of most any program going... At blitz, the >comp is nearly unbeatable... _nearly_ being the operative word of course. > >Hiarcs might be the favorite for you, but my instinct says "human". At game/30 >the comp would definitely be favored. At game/60 it gets tougher. At a non- >sudden-death time control, the human isn't going to get into time trouble and >get blitzed... Well Century 4 seemed to handle Van Wely quite easily, Hiarcs is much stronger then Rebel on faster hardware.
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