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Subject: Re: Correspondence chess

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:51:30 05/20/03

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On May 20, 2003 at 17:18:22, Robin Smith wrote:

>On May 20, 2003 at 15:36:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>Note that my opinion is that a computer with no help with fast hardware can get
>>2500-2600 ICCF rating.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Uri,
>
>A rating of 2600 would put that player in the top 100 in the world. If it were
>that easy there would be MANY more 2600 players than there actually are.

I think that one of the problem is that a lot of CC players play in many
tournaments so they cannot give their computer enough time for a game.

I think that if Shredder7.04 is used with 24 hours per move on
the fastest hardware that it can use then it may get at least 2500 and maybe
even 2600.

I know that there is a player in Israel with ICCF rating above 2500 (and his
rating does not go down) that I beated 2.5-.5 in the different stages of the
Israeli final and I felt during the games that I beated him because my computer
simply outsearched his computer.

He also did mistakes that I considered them as typical computer mistakes during
the games.

Maybe the secret is to know to play in the right correspondence tournament to
get the big rating.

For example it is possible that people who decide to play by mail can get bigger
ICCF rating than people who decide to play by email because there is a bigger
chance that players who use mail for their games do not have computers.

Uri



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