Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:03:26 12/16/99
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On December 17, 1999 at 00:17:48, robert michelena wrote: >Peter, first of all, my conflict is with people who,while professing that they >are "average" (not IM or GM strength), can nevertheless defeat commercial >programs at their strongest settings. > >If you aggree with that observation, fine. But don't be confused by the >passion which is boiling over. I have never stated categorically that a player >who is an IM or GM cannot on occasion defeat a program. From: http://www.icdchess.com/ccc/message.html?82891 "However, like the lonely scientist who stated that the world is indeed round, and not square, as all those around him cried, I will continue to state what I consider to be a fundamental truth: non grandmasters cannot beat commercial programs at their strongest settings." >As for the tournament you mentioned, correct me if I am wrong, but I believe >that the human competitors are either IMs or GMs. No? No. Here are the headers from the games that were posted: [Event "Aegon"] [Site "DEN Haag AEGON"] [Date "1996.04.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Steinwender, D."] [Black "COMP Shredder"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1850"] <<<<<<<<<< LOOKIE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] [Event "Aegon"] [Site "DEN Haag AEGON"] [Date "1996.04.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Jongsma, L."] [Black "COMP Chess Genius"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1960"] <<<<<<<<<< LOOKIE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] > >My pig is learning how to land at night. Two pigs were laying in the barnyard on a hot August afternoon. The fist pig says, "Man! I'm bacon!" The second pig answers, "Yeah, I never sausage heat!"
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