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Subject: Re: Handicapping Chess Engines

Author: Christophe Drieu

Date: 06:54:33 10/25/01

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On October 25, 2001 at 06:37:00, Mike Hood wrote:

>I think Chessbase's "Sparring Mode" makes a choice based on a limited ply
>search, then announces a warning if it sees a better move at a deeper depth.
>Right? I'm not sure what Chessbase's "Friend mode" actually does. It seems to
>play reasonable chess while it's in a level game, but when it's winning it
>throws away the victory. Yesterday I played a curious game against Fritz 6 (in
>Friend mode). After 40 moves it announced Mate in 4 against me. After 70 moves I
>managed to reach a draw.

For me Chessbase Friend mode is very good, but not with fritz6 ! Shredder 5.32
play good chess at this level.(no big blunders !). I think this is due to
positional playing style of shredder, for this engine, lose 100 points is not
always lose one pawn.



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