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Subject: Re: Russek -Rebel Match, Game 2

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 16:10:21 01/02/00

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On January 02, 2000 at 07:08:32, Rajen Gupta wrote:

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>>>>  Doubling the speed of the engine is supposed to produce an increase of about
>>>>60 elo points.
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>>>I do not think that this assumption is right against humans.
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>>>Uri
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>>Why?
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>>Bertil
>Hi all;i think the answer is best summed up by what bob hyatt has been saying
>all along-ie a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and in the case of
>computer chess this weak link consists of lack of long range and startegic
>planning and lack of positional understanding-once this weak link is identified,
>it can be attacked by a good enough chess player anfd further increases in
>computer hardware wouldn't make much difference.in computer vs computers on the
>other hand are playing to each others strenghths rather than weaknesse so
>hardware increse would show up significantly-i think this has been pretty clear
>from the inability of rebel to have a plus score against grandmasters
>
>rajen

Well put!
S.taylor



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