Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 10:25:32 03/05/01
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On March 05, 2001 at 13:01:35, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 steve Ham 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 at this website: >http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ I also let Nimzo 8 analyzed some of the bad moves made by Nimzo 7.32 in game one according to Steve, and Nimzo 8 after only 5 hours using a similar P.C. to the one used for this match selected a better move in three of the critisized bad moves. Here is the first game played by Nimzo 7.32 vs Steve Ham which ended in a draw: http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/hamwhite.htm >Pichard
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