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Subject: Re: Question regarding approx. Elo of current crop

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:08:28 08/26/04

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On August 25, 2004 at 06:42:47, Vikrant Malvankar wrote:

>Your Rating List
>
>2700 ... World Champion
>2550 ... Average GM
>2400 ... Average IM
>2200 ... National Master
>2000 ... Strongest Computers (this was 1985 remember)
>2000 ... Candidate Master
>1550 ... Average Club Player
>1000 ... Average social player
>
>Well based on the testing done by me
>
>Commercial programs on P-IV 2.0, AMD ATHLON 2200 (Fritz, Junior,Shredder)
>approximately score about 2650-2700 are as good as Average GM and World Champion
>in open unbalanced positions. but remember this applies to playing among
>themselves only. As far as playing a strong GM well computers have yet to learn
>a lot I consider them abt 2550 playing on the aove Harware playing at normal
>controls against Super GM. If u increase the speed things definitely vary but
>not the knowledge (chess) in the programs. Thats why Deep Blue lost the match to
>Kasparov in 1997.

Deep Blue _beat_ Kasparov in 1997.  It lost to him in 1996.


>
>Todays free programs e.g. Crafty, Ruffian are also quiet strong and tactical
>monsters. On above hardware at Blitz Time Controls they are abt. 2650. but
>normal Time Control they are 2500 only.
>
>This is a rough estimation based on my testing only for more accurate evaluation
>of Computers vs computers Pl. go to SSDF rating list.



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