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Subject: Re: There is no way that Fritz 6a is 82 points higher than Nimzo 7.32

Author: Stephen Ham

Date: 15:28:03 10/25/00

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Dear Jorge,

I've been playing 2 correspondence games apiece against both Fritz 6a and Nimzo
7.32. See the Campbell Report at the Correspondence Chess.com site for these
games. As such, the chess engines were mated to a Pentium III 500 computer and
allowed to compute for 17-22 hours per move.

My perceptions were that Nimzo 7.32 was the superior tactician while I sensed
that Fritz 6a had greater technical skills. In short, Fritz seemed "smarter"
than Nimzo, but Nimzo was the better tactician...it's certainly naturally more
agressive. However Nimzo 7.32's clear weakness was in static positions. This is
in stark contrast to what you wrote, so perhaps the perceived difference is due
to the extended time given the chess engines to operate, versus OTB time
control.

All the best,

Stephen Ham



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