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The creator of Houdini 3 (one of the strongest chess solvers) was interviewed about it recently, he said the software is so good that it would probably win 8 ti

by pi-rat 13y ago

The creator of Houdini 3 (one of the strongest chess solvers) was interviewed about it recently, he said the software is so good that it would probably win 8 times out of 10 (2 draws) against someone of Carlsen's strength. Carlsen on the other hand says that he doesn't care, it's not something he even thinks about.. And it's natural I guess, think back to the early days of any technology, people would do stuff faster, then after a while it doesn't even matter, nobody thinks about it. The days of chess man vs machine was back in the days of Deep Blue. There is a really young chinese kid that's a real rising chess-whiz, give him a few more years and he will give Carlsen a real challenge. It's time for the new generation of chess players indeed :)

petegrif 13y ago
Wrt 'young Chinese kid' - Wei Yi - he is indeed a prodigy but there have been many prodigies and whilst they all end up very very vyer strong players by no means all of them challenge for the top spot. If you look at the list of youngest GMs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_grandmasters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_... you will see that of all these prodigies only a very small number are current super GMs with any real chance at the very top spot. Even Karjakin (a GM at 12) is currently not at that level. For what it's worth my tip to be a serious challenge is Caruana.
- asdfologist 13y ago
  Even Caruana has plateaued a bit the last few years, whereas Carlsen just keeps getting stronger. At Caruana's age, Carlsen's ELO was well into the 2800s. Right now Carlsen's competition looks pretty bleak.
  - petegrif 13y ago
    Yes - I can't justify my instinct here. I believe there have only ever been 7 players >2800 ELO and Caruana is one of them. But of those Kasparov is retired and Anand, Topalov and probably Kramnik have probably peaked. That leaves Carlsen - out on his own - and Aronian and Caruana. Aronian has probably peaked (he is 31)which leaves Caruana. The next 2-3 years should tell us what he is capable of.

by pi-rat 13y ago

petegrif 13y ago

Wrt 'young Chinese kid' - Wei Yi - he is indeed a prodigy but there have been many prodigies and whilst they all end up very very vyer strong players by no means all of them challenge for the top spot. If you look at the list of youngest GMs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_grandmasters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_... you will see that of all these prodigies only a very small number are current super GMs with any real chance at the very top spot. Even Karjakin (a GM at 12) is currently not at that level. For what it's worth my tip to be a serious challenge is Caruana.

asdfologist 13y ago
Even Caruana has plateaued a bit the last few years, whereas Carlsen just keeps getting stronger. At Caruana's age, Carlsen's ELO was well into the 2800s. Right now Carlsen's competition looks pretty bleak.
- petegrif 13y ago
  Yes - I can't justify my instinct here. I believe there have only ever been 7 players >2800 ELO and Caruana is one of them. But of those Kasparov is retired and Anand, Topalov and probably Kramnik have probably peaked. That leaves Carlsen - out on his own - and Aronian and Caruana. Aronian has probably peaked (he is 31)which leaves Caruana. The next 2-3 years should tell us what he is capable of.