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

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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