Author: stuart taylor
Date: 18:05:11 06/10/02
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On June 10, 2002 at 15:28:14, Rajen Gupta wrote: >i have read somewhere (i think it was hinted in one of the interviews which >frank morsch gave to one of the indian newspapers)that at any given time, there >are several different versions of fritz being developed:- the inference being >that and the one that is actually released is not necessarily the strongest one; >its the one that is just strong enough. > >frank morsch apparently has one ready whenever a new upstart arrives on the >scene.i wont be surprised if there is no new fritz till something overtakes the >current version. > >rajen I mean, in a match of a series of games against junior 7, Fritz almost always lost the first few, then recovered and overtook, during the match. S .Taylor > >On June 10, 2002 at 09:05:14, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On June 10, 2002 at 05:12:12, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>On June 09, 2002 at 23:07:04, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>On June 09, 2002 at 22:22:55, john rice wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hello, >>>>>With Tiger 14 already so close to Fritz7 in strength, isn't it safe to assume >>>>>Tiger 15 will be significantly stronger? >>>>>JR >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Actually I'm expecting Fritz7 to fall under Chess Tiger 14 in the next SSDF >>>>list. After all Fritz has already lost 20 elo points in the last list. Only 8 >>>>points left, and Tiger 14 is back at the top spot. :) >>>> >>>>Then why release Tiger 15? :) :) >>>> >>>>Just kidding of course. Fritz7 is a terrific engine and Frans has done as usual >>>>a great job. We will see if Tiger 15 can do better. I hope so, but who knows? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Christophe >>> >>>You are really a honest man - no standard bullshit about >50 points >>>improvements... >>> >>>Jouni >> >>Yes, he IS. It seems to be a principle by him. Sometimes it's humorously modest. >>I really do hope that Tiger 15 will clearly edge out everything previous, >>including Fritz, but I also get the feeling that Fritz has edged out all others >>which are below it. Yes there are others which are very close, but I see, also >>from other tests at other time levels (and non ssdf) that Fritz seems to be a >>clear leader, so that if you have only one program and you want to get the >>truest analysis of a position from a program, then the latest Fritz is the >>answer. >> >>The only problem I did feel about Fritz 7 at the beginning, was that when >>matched with Junior 7, Junior always crushed Fritz in the first few games, until >>Fritz recovered and overtook it. So I thought that Fritz was only good because >>of the learning feature. It WAS strange to me. >>No one ever answered that up to me. >>S.Taylor
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