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Subject: Re: Can someone describe the playing style of Fruit?

Author: Zheng Zhixian

Date: 03:35:40 08/24/05

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On August 24, 2005 at 03:27:48, Joachim Rang wrote:

>On August 24, 2005 at 01:11:36, William Sorin wrote:
>
>>
>>Will someone describe the chracteristics of Fruit as opposed to the playing
>>style of other programs? Can it be described as human like? How I define
>>humanlike is the ability to play speculatively. What are the main strengths of
>>fruit? weaknesses?
>
>Fruit plays most certainly not humanlike but unspectacular. I agree that it
>plays positionally fine but I think the strength of Fruit is that it plays very
>balanced. It has no big weaknesses and plays not speculative like Junior or
>Shredder. The playing style can be described as boring and coputerish but that
>is the way to score your points. Fruit often refutes an unsound atack from great
>attackers like Junior or Shredder (like in the WCCC).

I see Peter Berger and Fabien and calling it a "skeptical program". ??




>kind regards
>
>Joachim



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