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Subject: Quick Note on Pocket Genius' Strength

Author: Christopher R. Dorr

Date: 10:27:38 08/31/01


I've seen a few discussions around here centering on Pocket Fritz vs. Pocket
genius in terms of strength. I am interested in the real strength of Pocket
Genius as a kind of benchmark. I have pocket Genius running on a 133 MHz HP
Jornada, and have played it 35 blitz games so far (most of which I have kept in
the database, and the score for Genius is 18 Wins, 6 Losses, and 11 Draws. I am
USCF rated around 2110 and my ICC blitz is around 2155. This extrapolates to a
performance rating for Genius of around 2290 ICC blitz. Richard Lang indicates
that Genius should be around USCF 2300, so this is fairly in keeping with his
assertion. I have not played any slow games against Genius yet, but I'm betting
that it would be strong USCF Expert/weak USCF Master at slower time controls.

Has anybody else played any norming games against Genius? As a program, I can
highly recommend it. Very nice interface, good features, small footprint, and
quite a decent opponent.

Chris



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