Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 15:09:10 05/25/98
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On May 25, 1998 at 14:09:37, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi All: >No matter how much prejudiced or biased against Fritz 5 Thorsten is or >seem to be, no matter how much "emotional" his statements appears for >the scientifically minded people here, no matter his style, - a good >worded one, to be sure, I say as a pro- - etc, etc, it is clear he has a >point with respect to the way programs are measured. It is just not fair >running programs in different platforms, that's all. And he has given a >proof of that. We all know what a lot of difference the speed has even >for not fast searcher programs. Probably all people here has had the >same experience than me: until 386 platforms I was capable of getting >systematic good results against top programs, but that score >disappeared almost totally when I got a 486 and now with a Pentium 200 >MMX I just get a draw in specially happy and bright days. And I am >talking of the very same programs, not upgrades. So, if really there has >been a systematioc practice to give a program a considerably faster >platform, no doubt that the results should be taken with a grain of >salt, foe saying the least. >This is not to say Fritz 5 is weak: Is just to say that a shadow of >suspicion -not over tester, but on the testing procedure- is cast over >the entire SSDF list. >Now in a more subjetive approach, I have felt, also, that Fritz is not >that strong. I have posted before on that. Of course maybe his style is >earsier for me to hold at bay, but nevertheless and although in the end >I like it very much, my feeling is -feeling, yes- that there are at >least 3 or 4 prorams stronger against human competition. >But then, how to explain the results against human players of high >level? Well, maybe that results are not too many. Enrique, how many >games Fritz has played with draw or wins againts over than master level >players? >Fernando I have only seen the games played at the Impuls tournament, where Fritz 5 finished third, ahead of 33 GMs, achieving a 2700 Elo performance. The whole tournament was played at game in 20 minutes and Fritz 5 ran on a PII/233. Details and games can be found at http://www.chessbase.com/events/impuls/impuls.htm Enrique
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