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Subject: Re: Comp Chess History What program was the first GM program

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 17:27:37 06/10/03

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On June 10, 2003 at 20:08:06, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 10, 2003 at 18:53:51, Jerry Winters wrote:
>
>>On June 10, 2003 at 18:10:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On June 10, 2003 at 17:43:11, Eye Witness wrote:
>>>
>>>>Now that the Comp GM Debate has thouroughly been answered.  Excluding Deep Blue
>>>>- What micro was the first GM strength program? I believe it was Fritz5.00
>>>>running on a pentium 200Mhz machine.  Any other thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>>at 40/2 I don't think so.  I don't think this happened until the last year or
>>>two myself.  (a micro that plays like a real GM at 40/2 time controls).
>>
>>
>> He didn't say the First computer that played like a grandmaster, but the first
>>that was grandmaster strength, i think when computers ran on 500 mhz machines
>>they demonstrated that at the World Computer championship 1999 when five of the
>>best computes took on a couple of 2600 grandmasters with good results
>
>
>He said "GM strength program".
>
>That was what I was responding to.  Crafty played in a four computer vs four
>human GM event in 1997 or so and it finished above _all_ the four human GM
>players.  However, it was a 30 minute time control and I'd hardly claim that
>1997 Crafty was a GM at normal time controls, although it was hell on wheels
>against GMs at blitz speeds.

I created just such a personalety sucks at blitz but strong in Tournament contol
games the more time it gets the better it evaluates.
Is that not where you should strive for?

Marc








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