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Subject: Re: ...better than all humans

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 03:29:57 03/05/03

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On March 05, 2003 at 06:04:54, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On March 05, 2003 at 04:55:08, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>
>>On March 05, 2003 at 04:16:52, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>Even if PC is not 100% stable yet I have succeeded to run some test suites. NPS
>>>is around 800k-1m for most engines - nice (old PC has 100-200k. In my collection
>>>of 50 interesting and partly VERY difficult endgame test positions Fritz8 is
>>>really stunning: it solves all except one in 10 minute limit (49/50)!! Wow!!
>>>Also in
>>>CSS WM test Fritz is good just in endings. I dare to say Fritz is better than
>>>all
>>>humans in that part of game...
>>
>>Nice to hear.You have a high opinion about humans.Perhabs you shouldn´t compare
>>your own skills with other people.
>>
>>TL
>>>
>
>Yes I will not change my opinion. But note, that I include TB knowledge of
>course: how many humans can announce mate in 1xx and similar.
>
>Jouni


You definitively made a good point here, there are certain positions where
Fritz8, Shredder 7 or any other top program will announce mate in 40 for
example; and I have NOT seen any World Champion yet who made a mate announcement
with so many moves ahead.

Pichard



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