Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo
Date: 11:01:07 02/27/99
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On February 27, 1999 at 11:15:59, Ted Hogan wrote: >On February 27, 1999 at 08:02:59, Mark Young wrote: > >>On February 27, 1999 at 07:35:03, odell hall wrote: >> >>>Hi CCC > >Hi, > >It is recognized that Micros are approximately IM strength and not Grandmaster ! > >BTW:)) Do you recall the Rebel vs. Anand match where Anand won the long time This is true and he is a super GM and if you recall the nice fought draw under tournament time controls, what IM has managed this then the next game a loss but a well fought loss even still with Anands Rating as high as this I dont think 2500 players would have done as well I may be wrong BUT... >control games but lost the blitz games....it depends on all the variables...all >I can tell you for sure is I cannot personally beat the top ten programs, though >I enjoy watching them play against each other....amazingly strong ! > >Take care ! > >>> >>> I have been thinking for quite sometime now, why the extreme skeptism when the >>>question of computers being grandmaster strength is discussed? What more >>>evidence does anyone need, other than the esteemed International Master Larry >>>Kaufman? Certainly a Man who has regulary competed against Grandmasters, and who >>>also has a computer chess backround would be by far the most qualified person to >>>know. Surely his judgements are based in his own personal expierence playing >>>programs. Chess programmers Certainly have alot of knowledge about computers and >>>how computers play chess and ofcourse have much valuable information to offer, >>>however when it comes to the question of strength I would trust the judgement of >>>a average U.S. Master over any programmer. I would like some feedback on this? >> >>IM Larry Kaufman is the most qualified person I know of to judge if computer >>programs are now of grandmaster strength. Not only is IM Larry Kaufman a >>International Master since 1980, IM Larry Kaufman work on the first chess >>program to compete in tournaments against humans, MacHack. IM Larry Kaufman has >>been there from the start, and if someone is better qualified to judge how >>strong computer programs are today, please give me there name. >> >>Mark Young
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