Author: Mike Castañuela
Date: 08:02:45 03/17/98
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On March 17, 1998 at 07:40:32, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On March 17, 1998 at 06:25:55, Ossie Weiner wrote: > >>Prof. Irazoqui has played about 50 games on P200 MMX machines with Fritz >>5 >>against strong opponents like Nimzo 98, MChess 7.1, Hiarcs 6 and Rebel >>9. >>His results are showimg Fritz 5 slightly UNDER 50% which would >>correspond >>to an Elo rating of around 2520. > >I played so far 60 games with Fritz 5 at 40 in 2 against the programs >you mention. Fritz 5 scored exactly 50%. The margin of error after 60 >games is very big. > >> He has given Fritz 5 all kinds of >>advantages (64 - 100 MB RAM, Powerbooks, ...), > >I gave Fritz 5 no advantages at all. It did play with 100 MB hashtables. >All the DOS programs played with the maximum amount of hashtables they >allow, between 60 and 63 MB. The exception was Nimzo98. In this case, >both, Nimzo98 and Fritz 5 played with 48 MB hashtables because I have >only one machine with more than 64 MB RAM. All on P200MMX. > >I did use the Powerbook. The idea was, and still is, to play all >programs at their very best. No advantages to any program in particular. > >> and still there's no >>proof >>that it plays any better than its competitors. > >Ossie, this is getting boringly repetitive. It is you who has to provide >proof about the commercial Fritz 5 playing differently than the >autoplayer version used by SSDF and by me. As I told you a dozen times, >it is easy to check this out. I checked it in some games: same move, >same eval, same depth, same time. You refuse to provide proof. All the >rest is sheer speculation. So much for that. > >Enrique With due respect, Mr. Irazoqui, the last message from Mr. Weiner is very clear and propositive in order to remediate this topic. I admire too much Fritz, but the statements from Mr. Weiner are clear, yet, the proposed solution is democratic and elegant. What objection do you have to the respect?
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