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Subject: Re: Fritz8 at 2 sec a move would beat 99% of the players here?

Author: Jens Kahlenberg

Date: 11:47:26 08/18/03

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On August 18, 2003 at 01:27:55, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 18, 2003 at 00:22:53, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On August 17, 2003 at 22:31:16, Keith Long wrote:
>>
>>>give the human 1 hour for the game and the computer 2 sec a move and i bet fritz
>>>would still beat anyone here
>>
>>You'd lose that bet....LOL!
>>
>>Many of us have beaten these beasts on there terms, this would be giving the
>>human the advantage.
>>
>>I wouldn't play a machine that way...nor do I think many others here would as
>>well.
>>
>>2sec. per move for Fritz isn't enough to break even 2000 ELO, unless you had a
>>10 ghz machine.
>
>Fritz3 already got the IM norm on p90 at 120/40 time control.
>even without considering software improvements
>3 minutes per move on p90 is equivalent to 10 seconds per move with the hardware
>of today
>
>if we assume that 10 seconds per move is 2400 than 2 seconds per move is above
>2000 even if you assume 100 elo for doubling the speed and I did not consider
>the fact that the human play worse when (s)he has less time to ponder and that
>the computer play better when it has more time to ponder.
>
>My guess is that when you consider also the software improvement from fritz3 to
>the top programs of today you get that the top programs of today can perform at
>IM level if they are allowed to use only 2 seconds per move.


Hi Uri,

I don't think so. IMHO even FM-level should be enough to survive the middlegame
generally with a not totally drawn position if top engines have only 2 seconds
per move, because they can't get deep enough to outsearch their opponent in
tactical issues. In the endgame the engines will have a hard time to even draw a
drawn game at that rate of play.

Regards,
Jens


>
>I also assumed that the human has 2 hours/40 moves in all this discussion
>After paying attention at this point(after writing the first part of my
>response) that the poster gave the human only one hour per game I think that it
>is possible that Fritz can perform at GM level.
>
>It does not mean that Fritz can beat anyone here with 2 seconds per move because
>there are some players near 2400 who read this forum and rating against
>computers may be different than rating against humans and when I calculate
>rating I consider the fact that there are a lot of players who simply do not
>play anti computer style and do not plan to change it even when they play
>against computers so the same program may beat some GM's and at the same time
>lose against some 2400 players.
>
>Uri



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