05 Jun 06
Originally posted by Phlabibitand over and over and over and over and over ... again
You are welcome to your opinion based on nothing more than a guy being nice and helpful. When engines make their moves they base their finding on millions of positions, looking several moves ahead. The way a human works is different, and will lead to great moves if they are a good player, but they are in no way ‘matching’ moves over and over and over and over and over and over again.
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05 Jun 06
Originally posted by no1marauderI didn't know that. One of the players that I analysed was World Correspondence Chess Champ Tunc Hamarat.
What organization? The ICCF allows engine use. What is a "high matchup"? 80%? 85%? How many games did you analyze? What counted as a matchup?
My data is available in previous threads discussing engine use. I'm not really interested enough to go look it all up again.
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05 Jun 06
Originally posted by RagnorakThe current World Correspondence Chess Champion is Ivar Bern from Norway. He relies heavily on Fritz. He's quoted as saying this in my April Chess Life (USCF publication):
I didn't know that. One of the players that I analysed was World Correspondence Chess Champ Tunc Hamarat.
My data is available in previous threads discussing engine use. I'm not really interested enough to go look it all up again.
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My chess program isn't even close to playing perfect chess. The same goes for other programs that some of my opponents use. There is a lot of work left for humans.
I would speculate that a really strong player's matchups would depend on the type of game played with tactical games having higher matchups than positional ones. His comments also explains why one can be a decently strong player legitimately, but still cheat (as far as every place but the ICCF is concerned); a good player analyzing the game with an engine is better than an engine alone in most cases.
05 Jun 06
I suppose it's much easier to check out Jean Hebert than most other players, since many of his OTB games are available on databases, etc, for comparison with "his" games here.
(Allowing, of course, for likely changes in style of play and greater accuracy given the longer time controls at RHP.)
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by dottewellI don't know about other players, but my Fritz matchups are about 10% higher on RHP then my OTB and timed games on other sites. And, of course, I make far less blunders and tactical oversights (if only OTB tourneys would let me move the pieces around to study variations!).
I suppose it's much easier to check out Jean Hebert than most other players, since many of his OTB games are available on databases, etc, for comparison with "his" games here.
(Allowing, of course, for likely changes in style of play and greater accuracy given the longer time controls at RHP.)
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugI'm really very very surprised (and that's an understatement) by Hebert, Mary Ann and Huyboom having been sentenced guilty. Over the months I have watched a few games by Hebert and Huyboom and never smelled anything suspicious. I considered them really strong players.
The player that claimed to be IM Jean Hebert from Canada has just appeared on the 3(b) list!
http://www.redhotpawn.com/comhub/removedplayers.php
As we speak I am actually in a game against Mary Ann.... I'm actually wondering what is going to happen with this game? Is it going to be cancelled, or just timed out because she can't make any more moves?? hhmmmm.....
05 Jun 06
Originally posted by sevenstarIt's going to be frozen and eventually resigned without affecting your rating (but counting as a win).
As we speak I am actually in a game against Mary Ann.... I'm actually wondering what is going to happen with this game? Is it going to be cancelled, or just timed out because she can't make any more moves?? hhmmmm.....
16 Jun 06
Originally posted by Sicilian SmaugI played Exy in a tournament a while ago, in one of the games he was all over me, I just could not cope and didn't get in the game at all, in the other he blundered away a bishop (or rather I found a combination to get his bishop, but he should have seen it coming). I believe he played me one game as himself and one with angine because the contrast in both games was huge. At the time I was about 1600 and he was >1800 and I thought it was the rating difference and that he had just blundered one game away, but looking back it seems obvious he cheated in one game.
Exy's early games on the site show him playing like a 1000, I just had a look at one of them.
I was suprised about Trains as he was a regular opponent of mine - but not now, his later games on the site are blatantly wrong.