Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 11:21:35 06/25/99
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I think that Kamsky's father would seek to prevent him from participating in an imaginary event. ;) Roger On June 25, 1999 at 13:09:04, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >I thought a fictitious Harvard Cup would involve picking which humans & >computer's would be in it, basing it on the setup that was traditionally used in >past Harvard cup events. > >My picks would be, > >Human's: Playing programs: > >1. Benjamin 1.Shredder (of course) > >2. Rohde 2.Fritz5 > >3. Christiansen 3.Hiarcs7.32 > >4. Yermolinsky 4.Nimzo99 (or 2000) > >5. Fedorowicz 5.CM6000 (of of course) > >6. Gulko 6.CS Tal II for Windows (A real wild card) > >I might have suggested Kamsky as a good choice among humans, but we don't know >if he will ever play again or would hypothetically be available (even in an >immagined event!), here. Also Seirawan would be a good choice, but he has never >played in the Harvord cups in the past. (Probably has lot to do with his >schedule & placement on the west coast). > >The playing programs are the most notible ones (Did I forget any that are >killer's?), available at the moment, so this would be a dream event. If only >they still set these things up. Was it because they felt the programs were >finally going to win that it was discontinued? > >mrslug - the chess software addict! > > > > > > >On June 25, 1999 at 11:50:16, James Robertson wrote: > >>On June 25, 1999 at 08:08:20, Leon Stancliff wrote: >> >>>The top ten humans in the U.S.A. average 2595 on the Fide scale. >>> >>> >>> >>>The top ten micro programs average 2550 on the Hallsworth Selective Search scale >>>when operating at 200 mhz. We would expect at least a 50 point increase when >>>operating at 400 mhz. Therefore, the micros would average 2600. >>> >>> >>> >>>There would be a five point advantage for the micros, but not enough to show if >>>each of the humans play one black and one white with each of the micros. I >>>predict the match would be dead even. >>> >> >>Invite Odell's 2264 master friend. He'd teach those computers a lesson. >> >>James >> >>> >>> >>>G. Kasparov has stated that the top micros are playing above 2600 now.
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