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Subject: Re: How strong are current Chess Programs?

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 18:45:50 06/10/04

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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?
>>
>>Even in 1999 with a mere 450 Mhz, please take a look :-)
>>
>>http://www.geocities.com/marochess/ssdf/ssdf.htm
>
>"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

I don't believe there are any arguments anymore.  The top computer programs have
proven consistently that they can compete against the top grandmasters.  The
argument now is whether grandmasters are computer chess program strength.



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