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

Author: Reynolds Takata

Date: 08:01:26 11/05/98

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On November 05, 1998 at 09:13:05, Albert Silver wrote:

>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!!!>
>
>Why? Mchess is a terror to play against, plus it is a fun opponent.
>
>>>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)


Because he(O. Hall) purchased Mchess when he had a slower system and it played
bad so he formed negative oppinions that are hard to get out of one's psyche.
GM seirwan said that Mchess was the strongest program, i would doubt that he is
correct however.



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