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Subject: Re: Kramnik interview

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 15:28:39 12/16/02

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On December 16, 2002 at 17:49:08, John Sidles wrote:

>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=649
>
>Kramnik says:
>
>> There were not so many games where [Fritz] played strangely.
>> In many games it was simply like playing a strong human
>> Grandmaster, it was absolutely normal, absolutely human play.
>> In game five Fritz played very well, better than any human.
>> It seemed almost equal, but it managed to keeping putting
>> on this pressure all the time, it kept finding these
>> very precise moves, not giving me a chance to get away.
>> ...
>> You can say Fritz is 2800, but you cannot measure
>> it by numbers really. It's very strong, it's very
>> very strong. But it depends on many things, especially
>> the opening. In some positions, if it gets its positions
>> you can make a draw or you can lose, two choices; you
>> can never win. In some positions its 3000. Maybe you
>> can suffer and make a draw. 10 Kasparovs and 20 Anands
>> wouldn't help you in these positions.
>>
>> So on the average you can say 2800 or a bit more,
>> but it matters what you get. If you get a position
>> like what I had in game five then no human can fight it.
>> But if you get what I had in game two then you have
>> a chance. It very much depends on the opening stage.
>
>I am old enough to remember CCC posts in which people
>argued about whether computers can play at grandmaster
>level (just three years ago!).  What will things be like
>another ten years?

u beat me to it. I was going to post this statement. it says it's over 2800?

What is Deep Blue's rating then? This machine was certainly much faster &
stronger that Fritz OR was it? :.)



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