Author: Matt Frank
Date: 13:13:34 02/10/99
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On February 09, 1999 at 12:50:31, Mark Schreiber wrote: >If your machine will be playing at a higher level than the machine that played >Anand, then you should play a GM with a rating closer to Anand’s rating. Hiarcs >7 should easily overpower a GM not as highly rated as Yusupov. Ah!! There are a few factors to consider; (1) who is willing to play such a match; (2) who is willing to pay for such a match; and (3) and for what reason(s) will the match be played. (1) I've broached this possibility with a number of GMs (US Grand Masters with FIDE ratings over 2500 and with their FIDE GM norm complete) but had no takers until recently; (2) I am willing to guarantee the prize money to the GM (the higher rated the more costly the match is likely to be to me); and (3) I am trying to demonstrate that for under $2,000 hardware (specifically a g3 233 MHZ Power PC) and for under $100 software (Hiarcs 7, $98) consumers can buy GM level strength to play against, and learn from. I suspect that the GM that will play the match is likely to lose, which should be a very strong indicator that my contention is correct. If the machine is totally dominating (4.5-1.5 or better; which I think unlikely), then it is very possible that I will have underestimated the true strength of the machine and would imply that I should have sought out a world top 20 player. My best, present, guess is that the machine will hold the match or win slightly. I am allowing for the possibility that the machine will be appreciably stronger than I am suggesting right now (certain features of Hiarcs 7 indicate this may be so). Only time will tell. Regards, Matt Frank
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