Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 23:33:20 03/27/99
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On March 28, 1999 at 01:54:23, Bert Seifriz wrote: >On March 28, 1999 at 00:00:56, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On March 27, 1999 at 23:47:01, Bert Seifriz wrote: >> >>>On March 27, 1999 at 16:40:35, odell hall wrote: >>> > >SNIP > >>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). > >Well, this is not true. 2-3 years ago Kasparav played against >Genius 4 or 5 highly officially with other Grandmasters in a >tournament in London and was very angry when he lost. Maybe it >was a rapid tournament though. Our friend Ossi Weiner can send >you a picture, because he was the operator! >(It is Sunday and I have no time to look for all the old files.) > It was definitely rapid chess. >> >>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...) > >If you cannot remember, how do you know that they were not 40/2??? I can't remember the "exact" time control, but I am certain it was not 40/2. >In fact they were, and a lot of Grandmasters lost against simple >software on slow machines at that time. As far as I know it was >GM Christiansen (USA) who lost against M-CHESS (USA) at least 5 years >ago, and that was the first full tournament game a GM had ever lost!! > I never said GMs haven't lost *any* games to micros at 40/2. >> >>Yermolinsky is not just an "average" GM. As recently as 1 or 2 years ago, he >>was on the FIDE top 20 rating list. > >What abou Rebel-Yussupov. Is Yussupov a weak player? Again, check the details of the match. Yusopov lost the quickplay match, but won the 40/2 mini-match. And it was the same story when Rebel played Anand last summer. I think people tend to put to much emphasis on the success of the machines at fast time controls. 40/2 is a whole different game. >> >>Finally, this is a six-game match, and not just a single encounter. > >This is possibly the only difference. But when Hiarcs wins >congratulations to Mark Uniacke and Intel - but a sensation it would >be not! >Nice Sunday, Bert Guess it depends on your perspective. If Hiarcs wins the match it will be the first micro to accomplish this feat against a top-notch GM. Personally, I don't think it's going to happen. My prediction is Yermo 4-2. --Peter
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