Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 04:23:50 10/08/03
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On October 08, 2003 at 05:40:40, Torstein Hall wrote: >http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1229 > >Is realy programs getting stronger compared to humnan GM's? > >(In my view they are) > >Torstein I agree that programs are getting stronger but the comparision of SSDF to FIDE is nonsense. Mr Elo is spinning in his grave. SSDF is an narrow pool of silicon players , FIDE is wide range of human players. In a narrow pool pf players, the top players(programs) gets overrated when compared to other pools. I call this the "Bloodgood effect" after Claude Bloodgood. Claude Bloodgood was a strong player, perhaps of master strength who became the second highest rated player in the US by playing nobody but other inmates while incarerated for murdering his mother. Also , similiar to the SSDF computers , this group of inmates were playing hundreds of rated games per year, far more than the average human player. Search "bloodgood chess rating"on google. http://home.adelphia.net/~dwedding/chess/bloodgood/bloodgood.html
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