Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:44:19 04/24/00
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On April 24, 2000 at 03:30:43, Amir Ban wrote:
>On April 22, 2000 at 18:29:36, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 22, 2000 at 14:48:42, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>
>>>On April 22, 2000 at 14:20:57, A.L.Mourik wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello dear CCC friends,
>>>>
>>>>Although earlier reports from e.g. Jouni Uski, suggest an enormous increase in
>>>>strenght for Crafty 17.10
>>>>Nuun 2 match result Fritz6 against Crafty 17.10 ends in a very clear
>>>>29,5-10,5!! victory for Fritz6.
>>>>Played on PII 400 8mb for HT, Timecontrol 5 min + 3 sec per move.
>>>
>>>Both Junior 6a and Crafty 17.10 are optimized for longer time controls and not
>>>blitz 5 minute chess.
>>
>>
>>Did the author of Junior say anything like that?
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>>
>
>No, and also "optimizing for longer time controls" has the sound of focusing on
>some narrow target, which is not the way I develop. It is true that if I see a
>match loss in blitz I'm more inclined to say "oh, well" than if I see a loss in
>longer time controls.
>
>With this disclaimer, I think it's true that whatever is good about Junior6
>shows up in full force in longer time controls, and the program's weak points
>are more emphasized in blitz. It's still a pretty good blitz program, if you ask
>me.
>
>Amir
I understand very well and I could say the same for Chess Tiger.
Christophe
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