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Subject: Re: Quick Poll: predict Fritz' finish at the Dutch Championship.

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 15:02:28 04/24/00

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On April 24, 2000 at 16:50:57, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 24, 2000 at 05:10:08, Mark Ryan wrote:
>
>>Here are the 12 entrants and their ratings.  Where will Fritz finish?
>>
>>J Piket 2643
>>L van Wely 2646
>>D Reinderman 2561
>>J van der Wiel 2558
>>E van den Doel 2522
>>F Nijboer 2540
>>D de Vreugt 2498
>>M Bosboom 2461
>>H Grooten 2393
>>
>>invited:
>>S Tiviakov 2567
>>P van der Sterren 2526
>>Fritz SSS*
>
>
>My best guess is going to be right in the middle of the pack.  The only wild-
>card is that van der Sterren won't play it, and giving it an automatic 1 there
>is a big plus.
>
>I think the interesting thing will be the last half of the games, after it has
>played several good players and everyone has a chance to study it a bit...  I'd
>be highly surprised to find it winning this unless this is a game/60 or game/30
>type event.  I didn't see the time control...  what does it look like???  if it
>is one of the faster limits I gave above, then my opinion will revise upward to
>somewhere in the top 3 or so...

Hi!

I have talked with a lot of strong players and almost each and anyone analyzes
and plays with Fritz all day long. This is one of the reasons that Fritz can
have a tough time against humans.

Bertil



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