Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:01:35 03/05/01
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On March 05, 2001 at 12:14:56, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On March 05, 2001 at 12:12:16, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>On March 05, 2001 at 03:31:32, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >> >>>I think it is impossible to argue which is the strongest chess program in >>>Correspondence Chess. It depends on a given situation. My experience furthermore >>>shows that in closed positions you can't believe the programs. It makes - in my >>>opinion - no or seldom sense - to let a program run for hours. You will get much >>>better results in trying out different moves and going move by move deeper using >>>the analysis mode. >>>Kurt >>With very limited experience I tend to agree. At times my programs agree on the >>move but with trial and error using human positional judgement I am able to find >>a better move (this not too often, but it has happened). other times I find that > > >OOps I just read my post and it sounds like I do not give crafty credit as being >one of the top programs, which of course it is---Sorry Bob, not intentional > >Wayne >>Tiger Gambit finds a better move. I have never had Hiarcs 7.32 find a better >>move, nor Junior 5 and until this morning I would have said that about crafty >>except the little bugger found a nice quiet move that set fritz6e back a little. >>Up till now I have used Fritz5e as the trial horse as It seeems that opponents >>are making fritz moves which gives me some sense of advantage being able to >>somewhat predict response, but not always. >> >>Thanks for response(s). I am curious if best programs at 40/2 are still best at >>unlimited time. >>I sorta have formed that opinion ahead of the post, but Crafty has surprised me >>with his move this morning. I must give crafty more chances now as up to now I >>have not. >> >>Thanks all >>Wayne According to stephen Nimzo 7.32 didn't have too many flaws, which were more likely corrected with the newer version of Nimzo 8. I noticed that the more time you allow Nimzo 8 the better it plays. Take a look at this great correspondence player note this website: http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ Pichard
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