Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 02:06:25 04/25/00
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On April 24, 2000 at 18:10:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 24, 2000 at 18:02:28, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>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 > > >That is one problem, to be sure. There are others, including 'endgame skill' >that will get it into serious trouble if the game reaches that stage... Probably not. I think Fritz6 is the best endgame player available. In my very hard endgame test suite Fritz6a scores incredible 43/45 (Crafty xx.xx scores 40/45 and is second best). Jouni
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