Author: pavel
Date: 08:09:40 08/15/00
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On August 15, 2000 at 10:42:57, Peter Skinner wrote: >================================================= > >Frans Morsch,Fritz- >Ed Schroder/Jeroen Noomen,Rebel- >Ed Schroder/Jeroen Noomen/Christophe Theron,ChessTiger- >James Robertson,Insomniac- >Franck ZIBI,ZChess >Bruno BRAS,Pacque Expert >?lvaro Begu? Aguado,Ruy-Lopez >Robert Hyatt,CRAFTY- >Rudolf Huber,SOS- >Stefan Meyer-Kahlen,Shredder- >Vincent Diepeveen,DIEP- >Tony Werten,XiniX >Chrilly Donninger,Nimzo-8- >Tom King,Francesca >Amir Ban/Shay Bushinsky,Junior- > >================================================= > >This year is a fantastic field. These are the picks for the order of finish, I >feel will happen. ? are made due to versions playing unknown. > >1. Nimzo 8 >2. Shredder 5? >3. Crafty 17.13? >4. ChessTiger 12.9? >5. Junior 6? >6. Fritz 7? >7. Rebel >8. SOS >9. Insomniac >10. Diep >11. ZChess >12. Francesca >13. Ruy-Lopez >14. Pacque Expert >15. XiniX > >I think Nimzo has the inside track on this years tourney. Every year, Nimzo is >strong due to it's wide tournament book, but this year it has added strength, so >I think it really can't lose. > >I also believe that Shredder is the only one really that can challenge Nimzo for >top spot. Shredder hasn't lost a WCCC game in 2 years, and could be very tough, >but I expect it to lose to Nimzo. > >Crafty running on the Alpha is going to be very tough to beat, but I don't think >it can take out the top 2 to get the title.. would be great so see, but not this >year I am afraid. I don't want to call it a sleeper due to it's strength, but >Crafty could take the whole thing. We will have to see what book Robert will use >for it. In the ICC tournament, it won, and others were shaking their heads. >Could this be the same result? > >ChessTiger comes in #4 this year, and this is really an improvement. If it is >using tablebases, I would pick it higher, but it's endgame is not as good with >out them. Christophe has done great work with Ed, and I think it will show at >this year's tournament. > >Junior is next in 5th, what more can I say. Junior is Junior, but not this year. >The competition is to tough at the top. > >New Fritz, maybe new book, we will have to wait to see what happens, but don't >expect great results. It may be good on chess servers due to amatuers running >the programs, but these are the authors. They know what is best for their >programs. 6th place this year. > >In 7th place comes Rebel. This is not a GM tournament, so anti-gm is not really >going to factor in. Rebel vs other top programs, is good, but not tops yet. > >SOS is great at long time controls. And rated highly by the SSDF. We will see >where it finishes, but I think the other commercials will spank it a few times. >Great program though, and could be one of the sleepers in the tourney. Number 8 >all the way I think. > >Now we come to Insomniac, James has done well with in, and did excellent in the >ICC tourney. I just feel others has advanced quicker, and Insomniac hasn't. >Again, this could be another sleeper. 9th place would do well here. > >I am only picking Diep here, as the others haven't really had promising >tournaments. I feel that Diep could actually do quite a bit worse in fact. I >only rank it here, because it will beat up on the weaker people, but doesn't >really have a shot against the big boys. Make it faster Vincent, and the results >will come :) 10th for you this year. > >Those are my top 10, I am in no way an expect on this, in fact I haven't even >wrote my own program. However, I am very good in seeing the advancements >programs have made, and where others have been left behind. > >I think there are really only two programs that can ruin the ChessBase parade of >programs this year. Crafty and Shredder are going to be in the top. you can be sure that crafty17.13 will play it goes same for chesstiger12.9, shredder 5 also to add is zchess2.0 . my estimation is Fritz to be first........followed by shredder , chesstiger, and next probably crafty :) I wish ferret plays too.......it would be then "the great" event without doubt:) pavel
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