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Subject: Re: Ever be a new program which could rightly be called staggering?

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 20:21:01 12/31/03

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On December 31, 2003 at 19:21:35, Ed Trice wrote:

>Think about what a 2900 rating signifies: basically, you could spank a mere 2500
>rated player indefinitely, never incurring a loss yourself.
>
>As it would play against 2600 or 2700 caliber players, losses would occur.
>Against 2800 rated opponents (pretty tough to find) a 2900 program would still
>finish ahead at the end of a long match.
>
>Before a program could make an honest claim at being 2900, I think the team
>would have to scrape up some money and get Gary Kasparov to play a 40 game match

NOT a good test stone. This as we have seen is very commercialistic. It only
serves the interests oF CB and the GM involved.



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