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Subject: Re: GNUChess

Author: Graham Laight

Date: 01:48:02 01/06/00

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On January 05, 2000 at 22:11:00, Chessfun wrote:

>Although I am and have clearly advocated that IMHO average rated humans can and
>do beat chess software. I can't believe that a 1700 rating can destroy GNU,
>for 25 straight games between 3 - 20 minutes. I had read that GNU was around
>2200 somewhere not sure exactly where.
>
>I was going to post this but wanted to try playing it myself first. Two years
>ago OTB i had a rating in excess of 2100 I just played GNU one game of 3 minutes
>result I lost a rook and 4 pawn ending on time.

In blitz chess (G/5), a computer would be expected to gain over 200 Elo points.
In a G/3 game, goodness knows!

Maybe you'd beat it if you used more sane time controls. At G/30, the computer
would only be expected to gain 80 Elo points over tournament time controls.

-g

>Wasn't exactly anti-computer play on my part. So if you are destroying it every
>game maybe something is wrong unless in those games you have been playing anti
>computer style. Ohhh BTW the computer it was running on was a P166 mmx.
>Thanks.



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