Author: blass uri
Date: 02:40:41 08/25/99
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On August 25, 1999 at 03:40:25, Shep wrote: >On August 24, 1999 at 20:59:28, Claudio A. Amorim wrote: > >>Yes, Shep, >> >>I suspected a bad opening could be the only explanation for a so quick defeat. >>Great programs lose, indeed, but usualy in no less than 40 or 50 moves! > >It's not unusual to lose in 30 moves. Top GMs have done it against not-so-top >GMs. But you are right, it happens less often with programs. >But I have seen CM 5555 get knocked by Hiarcs in some 20 moves, so it can be >done. Mchess won SOS in 24 moves,Gromitchess won arthur and centaur in 25 moves and 23 moves and Junior won Nimzo in 28 moves. The games are from the last 2 rounds of WCCC so it is not rare to see programs losing in less than 30 moves. I believe that losing in less than 30 moves is more rare with some humans with positional style relative to programs. Uri
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