Author: Graham Laight
Date: 09:49:47 11/25/00
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On November 25, 2000 at 06:35:58, Peter Berger wrote:
>On November 25, 2000 at 01:46:55, frank zimmer wrote:
>
>>Hi all... I know that this is old news to some of you, however, Der Bringer
>>version 1.7 is the latest release of a fine program! You can download it free
>>from this site: http://www.reubold.onlinehome.de/ Enjoy!
>
>Hi Frank ,
>
>I think with all the commercial advertisement slowly taking over the board it is
>only fair to mention one of the lesser known but great free amateur programs !
>
>The chessprogram market currently is completely over-loaded IMHO both in the
>amateur and the professional world and so few people have or take the time to
>follow the development aside from the 2 or 3 programs which are determined to
>become the next world champion or take over SSDF .
>
>Bringer recently has improved significantly engine-wise and its GUI has been
>competitive with a few commercial programs praised highly for quite some time
>now .
>
>The gap to the best ones is slowly but surely decreasing . Gerrit Reubold
>doesn't seem to have run out of good ideas for both : the engine _and_ the GUI .
>
>I am really looking forward to the next public release and think it might
>surprise some :-) !
>
>A little impression from the front : Game played on 2 PIII500s , Time Control :
>Game in 1 hour , 10 seconds increment/move
>
>[Event "60 10"]
>[Site "BETA Test Games"]
>[Date "2000.11.25"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Bringer 1.8 BETA"]
>[Black "Nimzo 8"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1. d4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nf6 2. c4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } e6 3. Nc3 { 0.00
>0:00:00.0 }
>Bb4 4. f3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } d5 5. a3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Bxc3+
>6. bxc3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } c5 7. cxd5 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nxd5
>8. Qd3 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } b6 9. e4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Ba6
>10. c4 { 0.00 0:00:00.0 } Nf6 11. e5 { 0.33/12 0:02:41.6 }
>Nh5 12. Qe4 { 0.53/12 0:02:39.7 } Nd7 13. g4 { 0.59/12 0:01:08.0 (PB:
>0:00:04.5 ) }
>Qh4+ 14. Kd2 { 0.79/11 0:01:41.0 (PB: 0:01:40.9 ) } Rd8 15. gxh5 { 0.60/12
>0:01:13.1 }
>Qxe4 16. fxe4 { 0.00/14 0:01:55.4 } Nxe5 17. d5 { 0.06/13 0:01:11.3 (PB:
>0:00:05.5 ) }
>exd5 18. exd5 { 0.04/14 0:01:49.0 } Bxc4 19. Bxc4 { 0.00/14 0:01:20.1 (PB:
>0:00:06.4 ) }
>Nxc4+ 20. Kc3 { 0.08/14 0:01:04.8 (PB: 0:01:04.7 ) } Nd6 21. Nh3 { 0.95/12
>0:01:55.0 }
>Ne4+ 22. Kc4 { 0.91/13 0:02:01.0 } O-O 23. h6 { 0.91/12 0:02:05.9 (PB:
>0:02:05.8 ) }
>g6 24. Rd1 { 0.84/11 0:01:03.1 (PB: 0:01:03.1 ) } b5+ 25. Kb3 { 0.85/12
>0:00:59.8 (PB: 0:00:23.2 ) }
>Rfe8 26. Bf4 { 0.85/12 0:01:23.0 } f6 27. Rab1 { 0.78/11 0:01:23.1 }
>a6 28. Kc2 { 0.74/11 0:01:03.6 (PB: 0:01:03.6 ) } Nd6 29. Bxd6 { 0.73/12
>0:01:15.0 }
>Rxd6 30. Nf4 { 0.77/13 0:01:39.2 (PB: 0:00:18.6 ) } Re3 31. Rb3 { 0.82/12
>0:00:54.2 }
>Re4 32. Rf1 { 0.62/11 0:01:46.8 (PB: 0:00:32.9 ) } Kf7 33. h4 { 0.64/11
>0:00:51.4 }
>f5 34. Rbb1 { 0.57/11 0:01:06.1 } Re3 35. Ra1 { 0.64/11 0:00:56.9 }
>Kf6 36. Rfe1 { 0.59/11 0:00:59.6 (PB: 0:00:59.6 ) } Rf3 37. Re6+ { 0.64/12
>0:01:10.7 (PB: 0:01:10.6 ) }
>Rxe6 38. Nxe6 { 1.02/12 0:03:05.2 (PB: 0:00:37.3 ) } Rf2+ 39. Kd3 { 1.16/13
>0:02:03.1 (PB: 0:00:05.3 ) }
>c4+ 40. Kd4 { 1.22/12 0:01:45.2 } Rh2 41. Re1 { 1.96/10 0:01:25.8 }
>Rxh4+ 42. Kc5 { 1.94/11 0:00:54.0 (PB: 0:00:05.4 ) } Re4 43. Rxe4 { 3.72/11
>0:01:00.9 }
>fxe4 44. Nd4 { 3.21/10 0:01:53.1 (PB: 0:00:07.2 ) } b4 45. axb4 { 7.09/9
>0:01:09.9 (PB: 0:00:05.2 ) }
>
>1-0
>
>Greetings,
>
>pete
>
>PS : As the emotions seem to be very heated here currently I'd better mention
>that I don't claim Bringer is stronger than Nimzo 8 or even close :-) . Not yet
>at least ;-) .
I have been using 1.6, and I support the views expressed above.
I look forward to using the new upgrade - probably next week.
-g
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