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Subject: Re: ...And Schredder 4 and Genius 6,5 are not a terror at 266 Mhz...

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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