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Subject: Re: Besides Kasparov how many players would have score 1/2 so far ?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:31:53 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 17:15:24, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 16:59:40, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On October 08, 2002 at 16:09:30, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>That's obvious.
>>>
>>>My congratualtions to ChessBase. They have done an excellent job for their baby,
>>>and also an excellent job for computer chess in general.
>>>
>>>This is not humour, I *really* mean it.
>>>
>>>Life is not a zero-sum game. In real life, you can achieve a great victory even
>>>if your opponent wins.
>>>
>>>That's exactly what's happening here. Kramnik wins. Fritz wins. Computer chess
>>>wins!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>Absolutely!
>>
>>Terry
>
>Besides Kasparov how many players would have score 1/2 against Kasparov so far?
>
>NOT TOO MANY. I would almost bet you that Deep Fritz right now can beat all the
>other players besides Kramnik Kasparov and Anand in a 8 games match.
>
>Pichard.


I think differently.  I think there are at least 50 GMs who could win such a
match (40 moves in 2 hours and games at most every other day).  Certainly the
ones you mentioned but also Karpov comes to mind as a sure winner.  The main
issue is for the human to purposely avoid complications.



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