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Subject: Re: Nimzo 99 is 4th???? What!!!? Even i Know nimzo 99 bytes

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 07:33:15 11/30/99

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On November 29, 1999 at 19:21:25, Wayne Lowrance wrote:

>On November 29, 1999 at 14:26:35, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>I noticed that in blitz games Nimzo 99 is beated by every other top engine. At
>>STC however it regularly loses from fritz 5.32, but has a positive score against
>>Hiarcs 7.32.
>>
>>Strange, but those are *my* results.
>>
>>Jeroen ;-}
>
>Boy that is strange indeed. My experience at 5/0 blitz Hiarcs is about the best
>there is at that time control (I said "about"). Nimzo99 is not in the hunt on
>comparable hardware !There is a art to setting up a 5/0 game. You need mucho
>experience with Hiarcs against other computers to find the best settings. And
>there are NO universal best settings. If you know the computer opponent you set
>it up differently ! I think Dr. Bob Hyatt has eluded to this somewhat in a
>earlier post !
>
>Wayne


Whoops, wrong conclusion :))

I said Nimzo loses from all top engines at blitz, including Hiarcs.
At Slow Time Controls (STC) e.g. 40/2 hours Nimzo has a negative score against
Fritz but a positive against Hiarcs.

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Jeroen ;-}



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