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

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 19:23:30 11/04/98

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On November 04, 1998 at 18:24:40, odell hall wrote:

>
>On November 04, 1998 at 18:17:18, Reynolds Takata wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>
>
>
>Genius 5 is difinitely included in My GM List for computer programs, I would
>tend to excluse Mchess from this List!!!>
>>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)
 I laso think Genius 5 should be included in this list. it plays an excellent
endgame
Ed



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