Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:19:14 10/25/01
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On October 25, 2001 at 09:54:33, Christophe Drieu wrote: >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. Fritz also has positional scores and I also do not understand what the playing style has to do with friend mode. If Fritz does stupid tactical blunders in friend mode than I do not see a logical reason for Shredder to avoid the same blunders under the same conditions. Uri
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