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Subject: Odyssey2001-tournament some thoughts about the programs so far.

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 15:03:31 03/02/01


a few programs have surprised me so far.
crafty e.g. has played very nice against chessmaster IMO. i hope this continues.
do i need an update ? or is 18.3 ok so far ?
a surprise was yace. yace, patzer, even comet played - up to a certain
point where it was about zugwang , very good. the amateurs get stronger
and stronger. zchess. and the game of goliath against rebel-tiger. this was
really a tough game.
it seems this gives enough fresh blood into the professionals to bring
development and enough pressure under them. they HAVE to care.
i think nimzo8 is stronger than nimzo7.32. the main lines do not show
the piece-forward, piece-backward behaviour. they made IMO more sense.
i am disapointed by cstal, chessmaster8000. i hope they will present better
games in the next rounds. so far their games worried me much.

ok . till saturday.




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