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Subject: IM Kaufman States on Web Comp Report Progs are GM at 40/2 time control!!

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 15:17:18 11/04/98


Kaufman speaks the truth finally some sanity appears in the group!! (I of course
would leave out Hiarcs 6, and Genius 5)


"The last time I checked, the indicated adjustment to convert to USCF
ratings was 180, which would give it a predicted USCF rating of 2696. Even a
tiny gain would bring the new version over
2700, the same level as the top four or five American grandmasters. This is at
standard tournament speed (40/2); at fast
chess the programs are stronger still. Although I suspect that the method used
to get the Swedish ratings tends to exaggerate
the ratings of the top programs a bit for several reasons,

I do believe that MChess Pro 8.0 would be able to earn the
Grandmaster title if given a reasonable number of opportunities to play in GM
norm tournaments.


In fact, an earlier version
(5.0) defeated three Grandmasters in a single six round event (Aegon) at
standard time controls. At fast chess, it is a terror;" (Kaufman Nov, 1998)



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