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Subject: Re: How strong are current Chess Programs?

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 16:49:15 06/10/04

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On June 10, 2004 at 19:45:53, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On June 10, 2004 at 19:16:41, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On June 10, 2004 at 19:08:05, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On June 10, 2004 at 18:55:23, mike tubbs wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I'm a newbie, i was wondering what the strength of the current top five is on
>>>>ordinary hardware xp2000+?  Are they Grandmaster Strength yet?

In that case take any of the first 5 programs on the SSDF Rating of 2001, using
an Athlon 1200, or even a mere 900 MHz will qualify :-)

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=25

Jorge
>
>>
>>"Grandmaster strength" and "2500+ rating on the SSDF list" are not in any way
>>interchangeable.
>>
>>However, given the historical performance of the top engines against GMs in the
>>last few years, I would say that any of them, coupled with your "ordinary
>>hardware", would definitely be able to give a low-end GM a good fight.
>>
>>Let the arguments begin.... :-)
>>
>>jm



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