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Subject: Re: Question for John Merlino on Program Playing Power

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:55:57 10/27/02

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On October 27, 2002 at 16:43:27, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:

>Hi John
>Judging from some of your posts I see that you dont seem to have a high opinion
>on chess programs in general Here are some questions
>1.What Elo do you think the best software plays at (eg Deep Fritz;CM 9000
>etc)
>2.Why do or do you not think the play is at the GM level?
>3.Do you believe in the conspiricy theory on Kramnik vs DeepFitz?
>You even called the program that you have worked on (GUI etc) (CM 9000) apatzer
>WHY?

I have NEVER said anything that should give the impression that I do not have a
high opinion of chess programs in general, nor have I said anything about CM
being superior or inferior to other commercial engines. I'm not sure how you
came to that conclusion.

I have no idea what ELO engines play at. I leave other people to try to come up
with a pseudo-random number.

I never said that today's chess programs do not play at GM level. All I said (or
implied) was that it is my personal opinion (based on very little personal
experience) that the BEST GMs, when they play at their best, are more likely to
win a match against than the commercials.

I have no opinion about the conspiracy theory. I have a strong theory about a
PSYCHOLOGICAL issue when GMs play comps in general, but I have never said
anything (nor will I say anything) about the possibility that the Kramnik vs DF
match (for example) was rigged.

Go ahead and find the quote where I said that The King is "a patzer".

jm



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