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Subject: Re: Fritz 6 breaks the roof ;-)

Author: jose romero

Date: 13:50:05 10/19/99

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On October 18, 1999 at 17:45:35, Heiko Mikala wrote:

>Hi Rajen!
>
>Ok, I have to admit that my results so far are not as spectacular as the
>headline suggests, but they are still good...
>
>I guess most reports so far about Fritz 6 playing strength have been from beta
>testers about the latest beta versions, maybe the final version is somewhat
>better?
>
>I got my copy of Fritz 6 final version last Saturday, and have played several
>games since then. All in all these are 43 blitz games (g/5) and 6 games at
>longer time controls (60 minutes). The results are not bad, really, and if you
>believe it or not, Fritz 6 is currently at the top of my blitz rating list,
>which contains nearly 2200 games, in front of Hiarcs 7.32! Of course, 43 Blitz
>games are by far not enough, but nevertheless it had a good start...
>
>These are my results for the 60 minute games:
>
>(Played on two IBM/Cyrix 6x86MX PR-300, 64MB/128MB computers, pb=on of course)
>
>Fritz 6 - MChess Pro 8.0 .. 1.5-0.5
>Fritz 6 - Hiarcs 7.32 ..... 1.0-1.0 (+0, =2, -0)
>Fritz 6 - Genius 5 ........ 1.5-0.5
>
>This makes 4 out of 6 so far, and no defeat.
>(If anyone is interested in these games, please tell me, I will post them then)
>
>Some of the blitz results:
>
>(Played on one computer, pb=off - yes, I know... no discussions please! ;-)
>
>Fritz 6 - Hiarcs 7.32........ 4.0-3.0
>Fritz 6 - Fritz 5.32......... 1.5-0.5
>Fritz 6 - Fritz 3.10......... 1.5-0.5
>Fritz 6 - Crafty 16.18....... 3.5-0.5 (Bob doesn't like pb=off games, so take
>this with a grain of salt!)
>Fritz 6 - Comet B07.......... 4.5-1.5
>Fritz 6 - Phalanx 21......... 3.5-0.5
>Fritz 6 - LGoliath 2000a..... 2.0-2.0
>Fritz 6 - Hiarcs 6.0......... 1.0-1.0
>Fritz 6 - Comet B00.......... 2.0-0.0
>
>...and so on.
>
>My rating list, calculated by Fritz, looks as follows:
>
>(first 10 places, please don't take the elo serious, just as an indicator for
>relative playing strength)
>
>----Program----------ELO----#Games
>1.. Fritz 6..........2633....43
>2.. Hiarcs 7.32......2604...185
>3.. Fritz 3.10.......2598...129
>4.. Fritz 5.32.......2585...226
>5.. Hiarcs 6.0.......2575...104
>6.. Fritz 5.00.......2572...110
>7.. Fritz 4.01.......2555...116
>8.. Crafty 16.18.....2552....26
>9.. lgoliath_2000a...2542....74
>10. lgoliath_2000....2479...110
>
>
>Whatever the rumors may be, my first results are *very* positive.
>
>I hope to get Rebel Century during the next 2-3 days, maybe Fritz 6 will find
>it's master then ;-) Until then, maybe I'll play some more Fritz 6 games,
>eventually against CM6000 or CSTal II.
>
>Rebel Century will have to go through the same hell afterwards :)
>
>If only I had enough time, I would make these 60 min. games a complete
>tournament, would be really interesting I think.
>
>
>Greetings,
>
>Heiko.



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