Author: martin fierz
Date: 13:41:06 05/21/02
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On May 21, 2002 at 10:53:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 20, 2002 at 20:04:21, martin fierz wrote: > >>On May 20, 2002 at 10:15:44, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >> >>>Let me demonstrate a little thought experiment. If I would gauge (in 2002) the >>>actually most known chess programs against say 1000 human chess players (first >>>step) to get some insight into the Elo numbers, I would expect that the top >>>programs would at best get Elo performances of 2200 - 2350, if I let the engines >> >>2200? you must be kidding! my rating is 2240 FIDE and even if i start all my >>games against fritz with 1.h3 or some other (quite sensible) moves to take it >>out of the book, i have no chance against it. >>maybe someone here could experiment with a few top programs using no book >>against other top programs. > >Give up. This is an old argument that started on r.g.c.c a year or two ago. >I challenged those saying that an engine was 2200 without a book to play mine >in a match. They wriggled and finagled, and _never_ accepted. Because they >_know_ this is nonsense, but it makes for a good "troll" or "diversion" for >them.. give up what? i was saying what you were saying that chess engines are way better (a few hundred elo...) than 2200 even without book. what was wrong with that? aloha martin
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