Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:35:11 10/16/99
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On October 16, 1999 at 17:16:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 16, 1999 at 15:43:59, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On October 16, 1999 at 01:29:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On October 15, 1999 at 23:55:47, walter irvin wrote: >>> >>>>does anyone care to speculate what elo the deep blue that defeated kasparov was >>>>playing at . i know it was too few games to pin down an exact elo . does anyone >>>>believe a micro program like fritz ect could win 1 in 5 games vs db ?? if db was >>>>on icc could it be beaten at blitz by ANY of the players there ??? i'm just >>>>curious as to what others think about this . >>> >>> >>>I would speculate, and it is _real_ speculation, that it was in the 2750-2850 >>>range. Based on lots of things including deep thought performing at 2600 over >>>25 games to get the Fredkin 2 prize, plus beating kasparov. Whether it is >>>stronger than Kasparov or not is a good question. It is clearly close enough >>>to worry about. >>> >> >>You were told here only a week that this was for 2500 USCF (i.e. about ELO >>2400), and you acknowledged this information. How did you manage to forget it so >>fast ? > >the requirement was to exceed 2500 USCF. they hit right at 2600 USCF. I >didn't acknowledge anything different. And _nothing_ I know of says that >USCF = FIDE+100. In fact, Ken Sloan (in the CIS department) did a detailed >study and found that above 2400 or so the ratings are far closer than that > >He published that in r.g.c.c about 2 years ago. It hasn't changed that I >know of. > > > >> >>This is not the first time that when corrected on a piece of Deep Blue >>information, you acknowledged mistake, then immediately went back to repeating >>it. > >This is not the first time you make an error in a statement, then refer to >the original error as fact. DT had a rating of about 2600 USCF over 25 >consecutive games. You can find the exact details in the JICCA announcement >where they were awarded the prize. > Nice try. It was in fact USCF 2551. >You really have this 'envy' thing going, don't you? > Yes. I wish I could make things up as easily as you do. It's an asset in some situations. Amir
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