Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 16:18:49 12/20/99
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On December 20, 1999 at 18:08:19, John Warfield wrote: >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. I full well know about eng-eng testing. You missed my point. You use the terms "strong", "very strong" etc. Meaningless statements. Back it up with some data. Why should i take your evaluation for strength based on no backup data !
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