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Subject: Re: about the correspondence tournament against computers

Author: Derek Paquette

Date: 15:34:12 09/10/03

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On September 10, 2003 at 18:19:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>On September 10, 2003 at 18:17:20, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>
>>On September 10, 2003 at 12:59:21, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>There is a correspondense player(ICCF rating 2384 and Fide rating 2269)
>>>who believes that he can achieve no worse than 5-1 against computers in the same
>>>conditions that Arno Nickel plays(2585 Elo in cc)
>>>
>>>see
>>>http://www.correspondencechess.com/bbs/messages/49460.html
>>>
>>>He told me by email that he is also interested in playing a similiar match.
>>>I do not think that chessbase will agree (they have not infinite computer time)
>>>but I thought that maybe it is possible to use some posters here as operaters(I
>>>do not have computer time for that task)
>>>
>>>What is your opinion?
>>>
>>>Can he get 5-1 against computers?
>>>Are there people with fast hardware that can give their computers to play
>>>against him(we need 6 different fast computers when Tansel Turgut does not
>>>know the programs that he is playing).
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>As I understand he is allowed to use computers himself.
>>In that case I wouldn't be surprised if he get these figures.
>>He can use several engines analyses and make choices based on that.
>>I suppose that he will use the best there is.
>>His opponents are just one each of the engines he is using or something weaker.
>>/Peter
>
>Yes but the opponents have time advantage because I do not expect him to use 6
>different fast computers for 6 games so I expect the computers to use more
>computer time.
>
>Uri

thats a very good point, I don't see how he can do 5-1,
a. he'll be working between more than 1 game
b. his program won't be looking nearly as deep per game as ours are
c. frusteration and human error could play a big role



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