Author: John Warfield
Date: 15:08:19 12/20/99
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On December 20, 1999 at 17:53:52, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On December 20, 1999 at 16:05:35, Charles Unruh wrote: > >>On December 19, 1999 at 15:51:01, John Warfield wrote: >> >>>On December 19, 1999 at 15:30:57, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>Hi: >>>>After receiving Millenium package and playing couple of games with each at 40 >>>>moves in 90 minutes, both Genius 6,5 and schredder 4 in my Armada 266 Mhz with >>>>more than 80 Mb in RAM, my impressio is that both are very strong, yes, and a >>>>lot stronger than me, OK, but still they are not so edgy, pushing, enterprising >>>>and interesting as Century is. Genius 6,5 does not seem to be so different to >>>>his predecesors: he win against a player like me -2100 elo- , but only after >>>>heavy fight and an slow atrittions of my forces duly helped by the unavoidable >>>>tactical mistake that happens after so long a game...Schredder is somewhat more >>>>sharp, maybe a lot more in middle game, but equally you does not feel he same >>>>degree of inmediate pressure that Century produces from the very first minute. >>>>Century begins to make life miserable with the first move after openning phase >>>>is finished and if you does not know well each line, as it is my case due to >>>>deep chess lazyness, the slight imprecision in your piece meal improvisation " a >>>>la Lasker" will put you in problems at once. Not htat Century has longer lines, >>>>but seems to know what to do in that difficult phase of he game. So, it seems >>>>we must wait Tiger for something really new. Until now, I consider Century my >>>>best 1999 purchase. >>> >>> >>> >>> You Are absolutely Correct about rebel century!! I thought I was the only one >>>who noticed this sharp rebel playing style!!! It feels way stronger than all >>>the other programs to me, although it will lose to them. >> >> >>"Way stronger"? Explain > >These post on rebel century are confusing to me at least.How about some hard >facts ! I am interested in a program that will take on H7.32 on 5 blitz. So far >Fritz6 is dissapointing in this regard. They wouldn't be confusing at all if you understand the fact that computer vs computer games is not a indication of how programs will do against humans.
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