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Subject: Re: Fritz 5.32 destroys Judit Polgar

Author: Gregor Overney

Date: 10:15:03 05/26/99

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On May 26, 1999 at 03:15:27, Peter Kappler wrote:

>On May 25, 1999 at 23:49:55, Dane Peshe wrote:
>
>>I have not seen any comments regarding the 5.5 to 2.5 ( 4 wins 1 loss 3draws )
>>Fritz's victory at game/30" versus Polgar , ranked 11th in the world @ 2653
>>seems to be the most impressive result of a program to date , surpassing Rebel's
>>victory over Anand (no blitz games).Does this not indicate that Fritz 5.32 is
>>playing at GM level??
>
>
>As James indicated, check the archives -- you'll find many posts on the
>Fritz-Polgar match.
>
>It's worth noting that Rebel's victory over Anand came at blitz time controls (4
>games at 5 minutes + 5 sec. increment, and 2 games at G/15).  Rebel won this
>part of the match by a score of 4.5-1.5.
>
>The final two games of that match were at 40/2, and Anand won 1.5-0.5.
>
>My opinion: at G/30, the micros clearly play somewhere in the GM to super-GM
>range.  At 40/2, there are so few games that it is hard to draw conclusions, but
>I suspect they aren't quite at GM strength.
>
>
>--Peter

Can you tell me about a recent officially operated tournament that took place
between human GMs and computers at 40/120"?

Gregor



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