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Subject: Re: Game in 30 Min per side Fritz SSS would have won against Van Wely

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 02:29:58 05/15/00

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On May 14, 2000 at 23:54:34, James Robertson wrote:

>On May 14, 2000 at 18:08:02, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On May 14, 2000 at 16:32:16, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On May 14, 2000 at 13:22:19, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>I know that any top GM like Van Wely can pratice against the commercial Fritz 6a
>>>>program and eventually learn how to squeeze the  positional disadvantages of any
>>>>top commercial programs, but this eventually take time and deep calculations.
>>>>After watching the latest game between Van Wely vs Fritz SSS, I am
>>>>more convinced that even with the clear advantage that Van Wely obtained, if
>>>>this would have been game in 30 minutes per side and the program is set not to
>>>>resign unless it is losing by minus 9 points, it is clear that Fritz SSS or any
>>>>other of the top three programs giving this position can hold until the time of
>>>>30 minutes has passed by the human player, therefore, losing a won game. the
>>>>reason behind this, is that just to reach this position it would take at least
>>>>20 minutes, and again that is if the program does not have this opening.
>>>
>>>Which is why Anand beat Fritz last year in a 4-game G/25 match?
>>>
>>>Be realistic. Van Wely had at least a +6 advantage in that final position. I'll
>>>wager he could win it even if he had only 5 minutes left on his clock.
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>Think about it, in game in 30 minutes per side Van Wely would have never reached
>>this position, in reality  it took him a little bit over 1 hour.
>>Plus you can never compare Anand to Van Wely playing against computer. Anand is
>>the only player that I can think of who can still beat a computer using the
>>latest hardware in game less than 30 minutes per side.
>
>What about Morozevich? He beat Fritz 1.5 to .5  at Frankfurt last year at G/25.
>What about Svidler? He performed the same feat.
>
>You make these pronouncements without even looking at the facts. Most players
>have not even tried to beat Fritz or any other program, and the ones that have
>have done well.
>
>James

I agree with you, James. E.g., I would also expect that Johan van der Wiel can
give Fritz a very tough time, though Johan might be weaker than some others
regarding ELO. But I know, that he is very familar with programs' weaknesses.

Uli



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