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Subject: Re: Fun rating list August

Author: Chessfun

Date: 14:49:38 07/27/01

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On July 27, 2001 at 17:45:58, Bertil Eklund wrote:

>On July 27, 2001 at 15:19:17, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On July 27, 2001 at 14:46:36, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>
>>>On July 27, 2001 at 09:33:32, Chessfun wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>My fun rating list has been updated to include the new programs;
>>>>
>>>>Crafty 18.10
>>>>Goliath Light 1.5
>>>>Junior 7
>>>>Shredder 5.32
>>>>
>>>>http://www.geocities.com/chessfun_1999
>>>>
>>>>Sarah.
>>>
>>>Hello Sarah!
>>>
>>>I see that Shredder 5.32 is stronger than Deep Shredder.
>>>Crafty 18.10 is stonger than Nimzo 8.
>>>
>>>Interesting news,
>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>however I belive that Nimzo 8 is stronger than Crafty 18.10. :)
>>>
>>>Kind regards,
>>>Eduard
>>
>>
>>Shredder 5.32 only currently has 63 games, but chances are somethings
>>were changed after the release of Shredder 5 and Deep Shredder.
>>
>>Nimzo's have never faired well in any tournament I've ever run, nor
>>in any matches it's played.
>>
>>As my friend who got me started autoplaying, (Chris Taylor) would say,
>>I just let em go at it, who wins, wins...how bout that Chris?.
>>
>>Sarah.
>
>Hi!
>
>Yes, you are right about Nimzo except that I believe it is a tad stronger on
>tournament time control. I thinh it is only Thorsten that knows it is a top
>program and he has already played six games.

Hi Bertil,
         I agree, Nimzo seems to get stronger with longer controls.
That goes for both 7.32 and 8.

>Everything indicates that Shredder5, Deep-Shredder and Shredder5.32 are almost
>identical in playing strength.

Yes, hard to say exactly whether Stefan did actually make any changes
to it. At this point I don't have enough games to be totally confident
that it will hold.

>I am a bit disappointed with Goliath1.5 because I have played a few houndred
>games with it and I believed it was a bit stronger (infact it was ver. 1.2).
>But now I have seen your results and C. Lieberts results so I guess you are
>right.

I was as well after it's blitz performance in Franks tournament's.

>Have you compared your list with Gerhard Sonnabend's excellent list, the results
>are surprisingly similar I think, so I believe you can stop calling the list the
>"fun list" and rename it to the propher name Chessfuns list.

No I haven't seen the list. Can you post the URL?.

Sarah.



>Bertil



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