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Subject: Re: Does anyone Beat their Program or am I just lousy against computers?

Author: Mark Young

Date: 15:30:28 08/20/99

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On August 20, 1999 at 03:57:42, odell hall wrote:

>Hi CCC
>
>  right now I am rated 1804 uscf and out of 100 games at various time controls I
>have 0 wins against my four favourite programs  1. Rebel10 2Junior5 3.Hiarcs7 4.
>Fritz5.32   Although yesterday I did manage a draw against Rebel9.
>Is it just me or do you have to be 2300 to get a win from computers nowdays?
>I always play my programs on the strongest settings, so if I win, I can have
>something to brag about.

You are not lousy, just honest. The last anything I got against top chess
programs was a draw playing against Rebel 10 sometime ago. It is now not
possible for me to win. I still hope I might have a draw or two left in me...but
the dame thing are only getting smarter and faster.

I would not give a 2300 much change against any of the top programs. I bet I
could play a 10 game match with a bunch of 2300 players and then spot them the
first 4 games, and still win 90% of the matches with the other 10% being mostly
draws not losses.



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