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Subject: Re: DF and DB

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 12:47:05 10/15/02

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On October 15, 2002 at 15:28:02, Chris Carson wrote:

>On October 15, 2002 at 12:50:10, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On October 15, 2002 at 12:42:09, Chris Carson wrote:
>>
>>>On October 15, 2002 at 12:37:38, Chris Carson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Comp  TPR  Opp   W  D  L T
>>>>DB97  2862 2795 +2 =3 -1 6
>>>>DF02  2807 2807 +2 =2 -2 6 (with two games to go)
>>>>DB96  2642 2775 +1 =2 -3 6
>>>>
>>>>DF will have a TPR between 2707 and 2907 depending on the result of the last two
>>>>games!
>>>
>>>Note:  GM Kramnik had preparation with DF before the match, GM Kasparov did not
>>>have that with DB.  This match has plenty of rest time for the GM as well.  DF
>>>now has two wins over a GM rated 2600+.  This is the highest rated GM to ever
>>>lose to a computer (GM Kasparov was only 2795 at the time DB97 won two games, GM
>>>Kasparov is rated higher now, but not at the time of the DB97 match).
>>
>>
>>When was the last time GM Kramnik lost 2 games in a row at 40/2hr? I know he is
>>tough to beat going like 80 games at one point without a loss.
>
>Good question, I am not sure.  We now have 5 programs at 40/2 to achieve a
>higher TPR than DB96: Rebel, Tiger, Junior, DF6 and now DF8.  Tiger and Rebel
>did it on single processor machines.  The Rebel GM (2700) had 100 preparation
>games and ofcourse we know GM Kramnik had lots of preparation against DF8.
>These are much tougher conditions than DB96/97 encountered and the GM has a
>higher rating.

I guess one more note:  DF is running at 6Mnps.  DB96 ran at 100Mnps and DB97
tran at 200Mnps (even faster for some positions).



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