Author: Angelo Ciavarella
Date: 05:26:04 04/28/04
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On April 28, 2004 at 04:26:45, Uwe Meißner wrote: >On April 27, 2004 at 08:58:03, William Penn wrote: > >>On April 26, 2004 at 04:23:09, Angelo Ciavarella wrote: >> >>>An article dated Feb.19,2004 at >>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/correspondence_chess, states that computers are no >>>match for the strongest CC players if left to play a complete game.The current >>>champion has not lost a single game playing white in 40 years!! >>>Angelo >> >>My personal crude estimate is that the top chess programs can only manage an Elo >>rating of about 2450 on the ICCF scale, if allowed about 4 hours to calculate >>each move on a 2GHz processor. To put it another way, players rated above 2450 >>ICCF are probably using some human brain power. Please don't confuse the name of >>the processor with the ratings; the similarity is purely coincidental... :) >>WP > >Quite realistic! But only on the basis that humans use also engines as in the GM >Nickel-Match. Humans without engines might have only little chances against >computers in Correspondence Chess. The article says that while computers are allowed, the best players don't trust them to make the best moves. Angelo
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