Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 09:51:07 08/13/04
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Top 20 is a high standard. I think computers have passed humans. On August 13, 2004 at 02:44:03, GuyHaworth wrote: > >My notes indicate that: > >HITECH beat Denker in September 1988, 3.5-0.5 [See 'Inside Chess', 1988]. >I don't think Denker was that 'active' at the time: ELO rating(s) and ranking >unknown. > > >In November, 1988, 'active' GM Bent Larsen lost to DEEP THOUGHT at Long Beach, >CA. DEEP THOUGHT was 1= in this 8-round Swiss Tournament with a PR of 2745. >[ Levy, 'How Computers Play Chess', p125] is one reference. > >Incidentally, I don't have all the games of this tournament, which contributed >to DEEP THOUGHT winning the 2nd Friedkin Prize when it rated 2500+ (USCF >presumably?). Any sources would be most welcome - even a list of those in the >group it was playing in. > >Again, Bent Larsen's ELO rating and ranking is unknown but it was quite high, I >think. > >Difficult to rate 'DEEP THOUGHT' in MHz terms :-) > >Guy
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