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Subject: Re: how strong is rebel 10 ?

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 07:46:15 10/06/98

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On October 06, 1998 at 10:37:20, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On October 06, 1998 at 09:53:18, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On October 06, 1998 at 07:56:42, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>
>>>I played only 2 matches at 40/40 on 2 PII-400 with 256 MB RAM. Rebel 10 beat
>>>Fritz 5 20-18 and tied with Junior 5 10-10.
>>>
>>>Rebel 10 feels stronger than Rebel 9, but I don't know to what extent this will
>>>show in computer-computer games.
>>>
>>>Enrique
>>
>>some questions:
>>
>>1)Did you use the powerbook for fritz5?
>
>Yes. On disk, learner enabled, tablebases on CD. Otherwise, Fritz refuses to
>autoplay.
>
>>2)Did you give fritz5 to learn from the ssdf games and from the games that
>>fritz5
>>played in the past before the match?
>
>The Powerbook had learned from my own games. The SSDF games were not included.
>
>>3)did you use fritz5.03 or fritz5(16 bit)?
>
>Neither. The autoplayer version of Fritz 5 I have is dated January 14, 1998. I
>guess it's Fritz 5.01
>
>>4)Did fritz5 improve significantly in the second half of the match?
>
>That's the breakdown:
>
>                      R10         F5
>Games 1-10             6           4
>Games 11-20            2.5         7.5
>Games 21-30            7           3
>Games 31-38            4.5         3.5
>
>The first 20 games were played without interruption.

I forgot to mention that after these 20 games I stopped the match, exit the
programs and restarted again, as I did after the 10th game of the second match.

Enrique

>In the last 18 games I stopped the autoplaying after game 10, restarted the
>programs and then played the last 8 games.
>
>I did the same experiment at blitz 5 with similar results. A definite
>improvement in the second half by Fritz 5 when games were played without
>interruption, and similar results between first and second half when the match
>is interrupted half way. Either these results are random, or some learning in
>Fritz 5 stays in memory only.
>
>Enrique
>
>>Uri



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