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Subject: Re: Does faster hardware really benefit Fritz?

Author: Peter Herttrich

Date: 04:31:58 04/17/98

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On April 14, 1998 at 12:45:31, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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.  :)
>
Bob, for u the little info:
Crafty 14.13 and 15.2 had played 7 Games against Fritz5 here.
The 1. one Crafty was killed, but this was a misfit of Crafty
and it will not do this twice (thanks learning).
The next 5 Games were all draws ! And the 7. game Fritz was killed
by Crafty.
Both machines have 64MByte RAM, 200MHzK6. Fritz had 50MB hash,
Crafty 48MB hash. So i think, the conditions are the same.
Your 50% bet seems to be right.

Peter





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