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Subject: Re: How strong are current Chess Programs?

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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