Author: odell hall
Date: 01:19:32 05/08/99
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On May 08, 1999 at 02:04:15, Peter Kappler wrote: >On May 07, 1999 at 23:03:15, odell hall wrote: > >> >>Hi >> >> I was thinking with all the upcoming events with GM's Playing computers at >>40/2 will we Know for sure if computers are playing GM strength or will people >>continue to give excuses that there are not enough games? > > >Odell, > >I only know of 2 upcoming 40/2 events: > >Hiarcs 7 vs Yermolinksy (6 game 40/2 match) >WCCC top 4 finishers vs. (van Wely, Vaganian, I. Sokolov, Lutz) > >The May 10 event in Tel-Aviv with Junior is G/30 and G/60, so it doesn't count. > >I don't know what time control will be used at the Frankfurt Masters at the end >of June. > >So, we should see at least 10 40/2 games between comps and GMs. That's probably >not enough to settle this debate for good, but it is a start. > >I think you will be surprised by how well the GMs do at 40/2. It's very >different than G/30. > >--Peter Hi Peter Oh don't get me wrong I know how strong a human grandmaster is, I believe computers are of Low grandmaster strength Maybe between 2490-2520. I don't expect the computers to win any of the upcoming matches. I think the overall score will be higher for the humans. I have no illusions that any of the top programs can compete with human grandmasters over 2600 like the Lineup at the wccc.
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