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Subject: Re: deep blue elo

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:53:55 10/17/99

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On October 17, 1999 at 02:20:49, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On October 16, 1999 at 22:52:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 1999 at 18:35:11, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>ok...  what does that change in my post you jumped in on?  I was over on DT's
>>rating by 49 points.  Has little effect on my reasoning for DB's rating...
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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
>>
>>
>>I was thinking about your tremendous envy of the DB project.  You have taken
>>every chance possible to 'do them in'.  from your mistaken statements about
>>their output, to whatever.
>
>I can't remember any "mistaken statements" from Amir regarding DB.
>
>>your loss, not mine...
>
>Come on, some of us are just curious, don't confuse that with envy.
>
>Ed


How about this:  "this output looks suspicious and really needs an explanation
by IBM" after he had been told _exactly_ how normal this output looked.  I even
posted _identical_ output from Crafty that showed exactly the same kind of
'panic time usage'.

After a year of talking about this, with many explaining that the output was
not 'unusualy' (just not well-formatted) he gave up on it.

There was his demand that IBM drop the "Junior" in "Deep Blue Junior".

As for curious, asking questions is one thing that a curious person would
do.  I don't recall your making the kind of statements he has made.



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