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Subject: Re: Fritz 6 Vs. Tiger Rebel- unofficial Yahoo winner

Author: Imran Hendley

Date: 18:17:25 02/01/00

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On February 01, 2000 at 10:35:56, robert michelena wrote:

200 Games manually operating Tiger against random opponents with random hardware
using or not using random programs with random lag time from operators is not an
environment in which to draw conclusion about playing strength. I suggest
auto232 or manual matches operated by the same person or at least at the same
location.

>Mr. Chen has nicely summed up the differences.  With Fritz you get all the bells
>and whistles ( editing opening books, ...etc ); Tiger you get  playing strength.
> In the competitive world of Yahoo advanced chess, my observations, after
>approximately 200 games each using Tiger, as well as Fritz and Junior 6, is that
>Tiger and Junior are approximately equal in playing strength; Fritz 6 is not
>quite as strong.  Tiger is strongest, I feel in 10 minute games; Junior is
>better in the endgame ( due to its endgame tablebases ).
>
>To recapitulate, Tiger plays a very solid game of chess; much more so, I feel
>then Fritz or the other programs I own.  However, in 30 minute games (and
>longer) Nimzo 732 is still, in my opinion, stronger then Tiger or Junior 6.
>
>Note, both junior and fritz were the updated versions



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