Author: Pallav Nawani
Date: 11:32:34 08/13/04
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Computers have certainly passed bad chess players like me. They have also passed the top human players - in blitz. That is all that is certain. Regds, Pallav On August 13, 2004 at 12:51:07, Joseph Merolle wrote: >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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