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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 14:53:34 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 17:31:53, Roy Eassa wrote:

>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.

Without giving the program in advance I strongly doubt that any other player
besides these three could beat Deep Frit right now.

Pichard.



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