Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:19:50 06/11/04
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On June 10, 2004 at 21:45:50, Dana Turnmire 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? >>> >>>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. There are certainly computer chess program strength if you choose the right program. hint:you do not have to choose the top programs. Uri
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