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Subject: Re: Faile 1.1.4 in tournament - and why Lara Croft doesn't fail

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 13:48:28 08/03/00

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On August 03, 2000 at 16:41:36, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>Hi gang,
>
>I couldn't resist the temptation to look how Faile 1.1.4 would do against other
>"weaker" engines. So I ran a very small 5,0 blitz tournament with Exchess
>(3.51), Docter (3.0), Faile, LG2000, Comet (B22) and odd man out Nimzo '99, very
>bad at blitz time controls.
>
>The results surpirsed me, Exchess winning. You can look at the tournament at my
>website (http://zip.to/jeroen and go to the games section on the page, where
>you'll see the link. It's a hughe page, so take your time. 30 games PGN
>downloadable, Nimzo opening book, all 16Mb Hash, comp= PII@450MHz-320Mb RAM,
>Interface= Fritz 6a)
>
>A nice game between the winner and Nimzo '99 where both Nimzo (black) and
>Exchess (white) played a few tactical moves I would find in a lifetime, playing
>h3 instead of taking the rook at a1. Well, they maybe "weak" but I'm weaker :)
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>*off topic*
>
>For those who aren't interested in engine tournaments I offer something else of
>interest.
>Even before the release of Lara Croft's "Tomb Raider V (Chronicles)" this fall
>
>I know how Lara escaped her tomb prison. (I sound like Sam Sloan)
>
>Go to my homepage at http://zip.to/jeroen, go to the miscellanious section and
>click on "how lara escaped". It *is* a screenshot from TR4, but if you see the
>way Lara performs this incredible act facing a *closed* door, you'll understand
>she hasn't got any problems with massive walls.
>
>Enjoy, don't tell everybody. Keep the secret.
>
>
>Jeroen ;-}
>
>jimvandorp@wxs.nl
>http://zip.to/jeroen

Never underestimate EXChess.  It's a cool proggie. I can hardly wait for its TD
version! On the other hand, I can't help asking:  you any relation to Lara?  :-)

***  Djordje




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