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Subject: Re: 1 Hour CCR (Genius 2 Possibly the Strongest?)

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 03:06:39 05/17/01

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On May 16, 2001 at 12:50:30, Peter Berger wrote:

>On May 13, 2001 at 22:39:43, Dana Turnmire wrote:
>
>>  I noticed Genius 5 scored 2632 on an Athlon 1330.  I tested Genius 2 on an AMD
>>K6/500 and got a score of 2640. (80 x 8 + 2000 = 2640)
>>
>
>In this test it might the strongest of the Genius' it seems ;-) .
>
>In fact Genius2 was one of the programs I used to love very much - it played
>like some Petrosian - strong but _extremly_ passive . I was always under the
>impression to be able to hold or win only to find out that I somehow missed
>something _again_ ... :-); the endgame was superb - I think it was the first
>program I ever pitted against another chessprogram btw - it had to play against
>Mephisto 2 ( which it punished badly ) and against Mephisto MM V ( interesting
>challenge ; I think Genius 2 was on a 286 then ( my first ever computer ) .

For me Genuis 2 is a nightmare opponent. It has a style which evades
my anti-computer chess. The few wins I have have always been due to
poor endgame from the program though...

I would rather play Hiarcs or Crafty in a serious match. They are
more predictable.

Ralf

>
>I skipped Genius 3 and got Genius 4 next ( probably quite similar to 3 from what
>I have heard ) .
>
>In the meantime I had upgraded my computer to a 486 and it seemed Genius had
>changed its style completely :-) - it seemed to be much more agressive than
>Genius 2 ( which might very well be the effect of the 486 , too , I know ;-) ).
>
>It still was strong - but I never had the same respect for it than I had had for
>the Genius 2 - I reinstalled Genius then and never was quite sure which of them
>was stronger - at least they seemed to be quite different beasts to me .
>
>Thanks again for posting your results, Dana .
>
>pete



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