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Subject: Re: How strong is Deep Fritz really?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:50:35 01/17/01

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On January 17, 2001 at 10:13:01, O. Veli wrote:

>  I have seen ChessBits' rating list, a computer tournament where it played and
>its horrible match against Junior 6 and all of them make me suspicious of how
>strong it really is. It may be running on a single processor on these games, but
>how can its result against Junior 6 be explained?
>
>  If we assume that doubling the speed is worth 70-80 points, and assume that 2
>processors are worth 80% increase in speed, can we expect around 50 points rise
>in its rating? If we can, then how come its performance is not so great at all?


It is not uncommon for _any_ engine to have one 'nemesis' that gives it great
trouble.  IE program A may stomp B, C, D, E and F, but have great trouble with
G.  And yet everybody else does quite well against G.

This intransitivity is just a part of computer chess...



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