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Subject: At what time control could a commercial program be World Champion?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 22:15:13 03/23/99



Most of us agree that the top human players are still quite a bit stronger than
any commercial chess program at regular tournament time controls (40/2).

It is also not debatable that as the time control gets faster, the relative
strength of the computers increases.  And this leads to my question:

At what speed are the computers clearly stronger?  How fast would the game have
to be for you to put your money on a top-micro instead of a top GM like Kasparov
or Anand?

Here are my opinions:

40/2  super-GM wins pretty easily.
G/60  super-GM, but the games are interesting.
G/15  super-GM, but now the games are very well-fought.
G/5   super-GM, but I would be nervous about my money...
G/3   computer
G/1   computer by a mile


This might make a good poll question...


--Peter



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