Author: walter irvin
Date: 15:47:18 09/27/99
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On September 27, 1999 at 18:24:01, Rajen Gupta wrote: >The new SSDF list is out and predictably we see the same old culprits sharing >the top 5 places, a few pts from each other.Playing on a faster set of hardware >config has resulted in a massive increase of 90 SSDf pts (i refuse to call them >ELO pts)over the previous hardware-however a careful analysis of the results >make a few things quite clear to the discerning- > >after the pathetic showing of REBEL against grandmasters-all of whom are toying >with it-I wouldnt give any of the top progs more than 2475 ELO even if they were >riding on the currently available ATHLON 800 supersystem. > >faster hardware merely accentuates the chess programmes strenghths ie tactical >ability (which is anyway miles ahead of most humans)against its fellow chess >programmes and thereby gives a false impression of rating increase. > >THE ACHILLES HEEL of every prog is total lack of strategy and positional >understanding- which can be cruelly exploited by most computer savvy GMs, no >matter how strong the hardware available-while at the same time being careful >not to tangle with comps in tactical slugfests. > >Most IMs unfortunately do not have this capability- either to fully exploit the >computers weaknesses nor to carefully avoid falling into a tactical hole-which >results in impressive performances by comps against IM but abject failure >against GMs > >MOST IMPORTANT a careful analysis will reveal absolutely no improvement in pure >software engine terms over the last 3 years-I'm sure Genius 3, Rebel 8,CM 5555, >hiarcs 6 will play as well as Frits 5.32, hiarcs 7, junior5 and nimzo99 if you >start em off from a variety of fixed positions with both sides to play white and >black and no opening books-perhaps someone should try this experiment- > >rajen gupta guess we will all just have to wait till the hardware can make programs GM ?????????? but i still think man will always find a way to derail a computer .i mean if i can find ways GM's will have no problem .
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