Author: dfan
Date: 09:26:47 07/14/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 12:58:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 13, 1999 at 12:06:39, dfan wrote: > >> >>On July 13, 1999 at 11:57:17, Kristo Miettinen wrote: >> >>>Does anyone have any ideas on how to use computers to objectively assess the >>>strength of human GM's based on the games of past tournaments? >> >>There's an interesting chapter in "John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book" in which >>he used Fritz to blundercheck the games of a tournament from early this >>century (maybe 1920's, I don't remember exactly). He came to the conclusion >>that play was overall much weaker in those days. >> >>Dan > > >The problem is, he didn't check current tournaments. I see lots of outright >mistakes today as well, in GM games. GMs aren't infallible. The only question >is, does the mistake change the outcome, or just the number of moves in the >game? I thought he compared it to a recent tournament, but I don't have the book to check; I just browsed through it in a bookstore. Does anyone here have the book and can check? Dan
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