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Subject: Re: Fischer solving tactical puzzle

Author: Andrei P

Date: 12:05:49 06/03/04

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On June 03, 2004 at 14:46:18, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On June 03, 2004 at 14:36:25, Andrei P wrote:
>
>>on a related note, are there any tactical chess problems that were tested on
>>GMs? I am curious how well the engines will solve them.  I keep hearing
>>statements that the top engines are 3000 elo tactically, but have never seen any
>>human calibration data.
>
>Pretty much every tactical suite was invented by GMs and then we use computers
>to try to replicate the results obtained by the humans.  Most test suites have a
>few small flaws in them.

If the positions come from GM games, it does not mean that they are of
GM-difficulty. For example, in a recent Leko-Kramnik game Leko essentially
blundered and gave Kramnik the opportunity to apply tactics.
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1512

Does it mean that the position after 32.Rd7?? is of 2700+ difficulty? of course
- not, one needs to test the positions like that on a pool of GMs to determine
its difficulty.



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