Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 06:53:30 05/08/99
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On May 08, 1999 at 04:19:32, odell hall wrote: > >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. Don't forget that the result of computer depend of the style of the human. Computer are weaker against positionnal players (e.g. Karpov) and stronger against tactical players (e.g. Polgar in the recent match against Fritz 5)
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