Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 21:00:56 03/27/99
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On March 27, 1999 at 23:47:01, Bert Seifriz wrote: >On March 27, 1999 at 16:40:35, odell hall wrote: > >>snip >>yself >>personally, and going from what I have heard others say, I think yermo better >>take this match very seriously or he is likely to go down in History as the >>first grandmaster to lose to a Micro Computer Program under tournament >>conditions. > >Maybe you can enlighten me. I think many GMs have already lost >to simple chess software on a PC under tournament conditions, >Kasparov included. So what would be the big difference >in this case? There are a few important differences. First, Kasparov has never lost a game (publically, anyway!) to a commercial program at 40/2 time controls. He has lost some exhibition games, but only at faster time controls (G/30 or faster). The Aegon tournaments have seen some GMs lose to commercial programs, but even those games were not 40/2. (Sorry - can't remember the time control...) Yermolinsky is not just an "average" GM. As recently as 1 or 2 years ago, he was on the FIDE top 20 rating list. Finally, this is a six-game match, and not just a single encounter. Add these all up, and it's a pretty special event. --Peter
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