Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 12:15:58 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 09:29:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 25, 2000 at 05:06:25, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>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 > > >In the games I have watched on ICC, Fritz doesn't understand some basic ideas >like pawn majorities. It is pretty good at making a passed pawn and pushing it, >but it will trade into a dead lost ending without knowing it is doing so until >it is too late... > >that can be serious once it is understood by humans. I had a big hole there >and a couple of GMs discovered it and beat me like a drum until I fixed it. It >took a while for it to become noticed, but once it was... Fortunately another >GM spotted it and pointed it out to me as needing attention... Speaking of passed pawns,here is an interesting recent game: [in Spanish] http://www.elpais.es/p/d/20000425/deportes/aje.htm Fritz will finish in the fifth place(just a wild guess!). JAFM
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