Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:48:51 10/17/99
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On October 17, 1999 at 12:24:33, Ed Schröder wrote: >On October 17, 1999 at 10:10:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 17, 1999 at 01:13:14, odell hall wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> My point is that any average program can beat a grandmaster at blitz. I saw >>>this is the same sense that you said a few months ago, that Fritz5.32 result >>>against judith polgar was "no big deal" because any program could do the same at >>>that particular time control. I am speaking relativly, and chessmaster is just >>>average, or alittle less than average compared to the top programs. Probally >>>alittle stronger than crafty on equal hardware. >> >> >>So now we go from "any rinkydink program can beat a GM at blitz" to >>"any average program can beat a GM at blitz?" At least pick a consistent >>reference point. Even top programs are going to lose blitz games vs GM >>players. And they will even lose 4-6 game matches on occasion. Blitz >>isn't 'solved' by anybody just yet. > >I disagree. Yusupov lost (PII-266), Anand lost with 4.5-1.5 (AMD-450). >Blitz 5/all is a closed subject IMO. > >Ed All I can say is "come on over to ICC". Some players there will "re-open" the book real quick. They won't win a lot, but they will definitely win some games, and they will win some 4 game matches. It isn't 'closed' at all...
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