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Subject: Re: Question to Jeroen: What went wrong with Tiger?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 13:58:01 08/25/01

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On August 25, 2001 at 12:41:51, Christophe Theron wrote:

>
>And talking about this, I think that Fritz has been the most unfortunate program
>in the few last W(M)CCCs.
>
>The SSDF has clearly shown that Fritz was the strongest program against
>computers for several years in a row (with some eclipse by Junior and Chess
>Tiger), but Fritz even running on superior hardware never had the luck to win a
>world title after 1995.
>
>This should ring a bell to anybody having played a tournament at home including
>Fritz.
>
>I personally view achieving the first place at the SSDF as a much greater
>achievement than winning the W(M)CCC tournament.
>
>    Christophe

Might  be. But don't forget that SSDF-matches are HIGHLY influenced by learning
which does not play a role in tournaments like the WCCC.
Fritz does not convince me at all although being #1 in SSDF for a long time now.
Looking at the games I have seen Fritz play and the evals Fritz gave I'd rather
consider Fritz to have the best learning function. The superiority of Fritz
which is suggested in the SSDF list does not exist IMO.
There are several other programs which show a better chess understanding.




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