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Subject: Re: Enrique plays new tournament with only top programs?!

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 02:38:05 12/30/99

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On December 30, 1999 at 04:28:20, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>>>>>I would like to play a tournament. It would be at 40/40 on 2 PIII-500 with 256MB
>>>>>RAM. The difference in performance between a P500 and a P600 or 700 doesn't
>>>>>justify the price, I think. Next problem: I could play it with Tiger, Shredder
>>>>>4, Fritz 6, Junior 6, Hiarcs 732 and Nimzo 732, 20 game matches for a total of
>>>>>300 games, which takes about a month. The other possibility would be to add
>>>>>Crafty 17.4 and Genius 6.5, but playing 10 game matches and a total of 280
>>>>>games. What do you think? 20 game matches are more accurate, but including more
>>>>>programs is tempting, even if I don't think that they could win the torunament.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to see 20 games matches without Crafty and Genius6.5. Your players list
>>>>will contain the absolutely top programs at the moment except Rebel Century. You
>>>>should take Rebel into this tourney, it deserves to be participant.
>>>
>>>Of course Rebel deserves it, and that's why I won't include it. Let me explain:
>>>it seems that the auto232 driver of Rebel is hurting its performance, so it
>>>would be unfair to enter a handicapped Rebel. The only way would be to play it
>>>manually... No thanks.
>>
>>
>>Sorry, I forgot about that, you are right. On the other hand you will be a slave
>>of the CB autoplayer...
>
>The autoplayer of CB is fine. This is not the problem. What bothers me is that I
>will have to play CB engines in F532. F6 and J6 have too many bugs right now.


Enrique,
I always read Fritz6 and Junior6 have many bugs. I know J6 has a not working
auto analyze function. What else can you mention, and I mean real bugs and no
minor flaws.


>>If you decide to run this tourney, it will be VERY good right now, no need to
>>get another dozen of machines.
>>
>>So Enrique, are you gonna play? PLEEEEASE! :-)
>>That would answer many questions...
>
>Yesterday I phoned my dealer and I'll get the machine this evening. I got up at
>5am after 2 hours sleep, excited like a child. Even my 13 year old son is
>laughing. :(


It is hard that there are people who don't understand  the degree of excitement.
One of them is my wife. :-)
(Certainly all married guys here can say the same) :-)


>So: RT, S4, J6, F6 (which one?), H732 and N732 at 40/40 on 2 PIII-500 with 256MB
>RAM, 20 game matches, total of 300 games. After this is done (one month) I might
>enter another program.
>
>Enrique


Enrique, this is GREAT, may I kiss your feet? ;-))

This will bring up light in the jungle of the new programs.




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