Author: Angelo Ciavarella
Date: 10:59:28 05/22/03
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On May 20, 2003 at 17:51:30, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Dear Uri, One final note about CC and I won't bother you any more.In response to my question as to whether the champion cc players can outperform computers, FM Tom Brownscombe of the U.S Chess Federation answered as follows:Most people believe that the world's best CC players are better at CC than the current best computers.However,most top level analysis is done by master level players working with a computer. Angelo
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