Author: O. Veli
Date: 10:24:27 12/10/99
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On December 10, 1999 at 02:07:40, Jouni Uski wrote: >On December 10, 1999 at 02:03:21, frank zimmer wrote: > >>Can we agree that the current top programs are at least master level? > >Sure, because they are at strong GM level. > I disagree. Rebel has played several games at 40/2, and has a performance rating of 2485 IIRC (less than 2500 minimum rating for a GM). GM norm is a performance of 2600. SSDF rating is not equal to FIDE rating. We need a lot more of games between computers and players to state that programs are at GM level. Crafty is beating a lot of GM's at blitz level, but I do not know how it performs at 40/2. A top level commercial program on a house computer (single cpu, less than 256 MB RAM) is far from a GM let alone a strong GM (2600+). It is probably an IM at 40/2. Hiarcs 6 beat IM Hergott last year 4-2 in 40/2 on such a hardware. Of course, if you have a multiple processor computer, 512 MB of ram or more, with a special version of Fritz, Junior, Crafty, have GB's of endgame tablebases, and most importantly let it play in a tournament with game in 30 minutes or less, then you will have a strong GM. But that is not a typical situation. The time will come, but it is not now.
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