Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 05:48:05 07/05/00
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I own Nimzo 99 and it's a bad blitz player. However at longer time controls, it becomes very strong. It doesn't matter what processor you use. To give you an idea: I have run some blitz tournaments in the past, and ended up with a rating of around 2000 compared to 2500 for Fritz, Hiarcs or Junior. Take care: these aren't Elo ratings, nor SSDF ratings, just ratings calculated by ChessBase programs. It gives you however insight in differences in strenght. When playing at slower time controls especially Fritz becomes the victim of Nimzo (99). Then Nimzo scores at least 400 to 450 points higher. As I am no chess programmer, I don't know what programming choices cause these differences in strenght between rapid and tournament time controls. However I tried to change parameters to see if I could tune Nimzo 99 for blitz, and basically I lowered some values making Nimzo playing a bit more recklessly. You could try to lessen Nimzo's interest in king safety and pawn formations, and lower the values of the officers to 10-11 pawns for the queen, 5-6 for the rooks, 3-3,5 for the bishops and knights. It will be more inclined to attack without worrying about all kinds of safety issues. As now both programs have the same reckless style of playing, it comes to the best calculator for the tactics involved. However Nimzo will never be that strong on blitz levels. It is clearly a program developed for STC and it's quite a challenge playing it. I like the book very much, small, sharp and efficient. And I like the choice for STC, as in another case all programs would look alike. If you neighbours paints their houses yellow, why should you be the next one to queue in the line everyone expects? Why not live in your neighbours house, as they're all the same anyhow? :)) Jeroen ;-} jimvandorp@wxs.nl http://zip.to/jeroen
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