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Subject: Re: Does faster hardware really benefit Fritz?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 09:45:31 04/14/98

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On April 14, 1998 at 12:17:10, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>I don't think we have to endlessly debate
>if A or B can beat by doing XYZ.
>
>We have Fritz and Nimzo. Both 2 very fast programs. Both 2 very strong
>programs. Why is CSTal able to stand them although it is slow, big, does
>not fit in the first-level-cache, does not profit from hashtables, makes
>3500 NPS.
>
>IF fritz and nimzo are really the new way, why is the slowest
>comnmercial chess program succesful against them ?!

could be anything.  IE what about the case you mentioned a few months
ago with Crafty vs CSTal?  Crafty wins most games, you said.  And I'd
bet that against Fritz, Crafty will score < 50% most of the time.  SO
a case of A beats B, B beats C, C beats A simply shows there is no
"transitivity" in chess.  :)

You need internet access.  Playing on ICC would be both fun and
informative,
as we could get some good GM players to have a go at it to compare how
it
does against humans, with how other programs there do against the same
humans..



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