Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:44:27 02/03/03
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On February 03, 2003 at 06:54:19, Rolf Tueschen wrote: <snipped> > We all >know that a chain is only as strong as its weakest member. No I do not know it. Who could seriously >doubt that? But in computerchess that happens every day! People create a huge >confusion just to tweak the truth. And the truth is that because chess programs >have weaknesses even a 1700 player wouldn't have, they can't be - by definition >- Grandmaster or beware Super Grandmaster, they are not even International >Master - - - _IF_, and only if the mentioned groups would be in a serious >competition with such an _individual_ chess program and NOT always with a little >b By your theory computers cannot be even 1700 players but it is obvious that even better players who tried to play against them find that they have no chance because they canot get the positions that they understand better in the board or cannot aboid losing in position when they had the advantage. Without discussing the question about the exact level of computers I think that nobody will claim that computers are weaker than 1700 players. Uri
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