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

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 15:14:13 10/08/02

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On October 08, 2002 at 17:53:34, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>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.


Simple.  Those three are only a few rating points ahead of 3 more, who are only
a few rating points ahead of 10 more....

All of them are stronger than Deep Fritz, once they learn how to play a
computer.



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