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Subject: Re: The Fritz 5 scandal

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 08:13:21 03/17/98

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On March 17, 1998 at 11:02:45, Mike CastaƱuela wrote:

>On March 17, 1998 at 07:40:32, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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?

My objections concern Ossie stating that the Frizt 5 tested by the SSDF
and by me (same version) has a different engine and book than the Fritz
5 commercially available.

It is a statement based on speculation, not on facts. These facts are
easy to get.

Enrique



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