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Subject: Re: Tournament T2002 [40 moves / 80 min] Standing after 17 rounds and games

Author: Brian Katz

Date: 06:08:31 01/12/02

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On January 12, 2002 at 08:37:31, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On January 12, 2002 at 03:35:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
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>>Tournament T2002 of chessfriend Rolf Bühler, Zurich
>>Hardly to believe, but Shredder 6.32 takes last place. I am rather disappointed
>>about this engine, that's not what one would expect from the single computer
>>world champion. Most surprising [but not for me] the second place of TheKing
>>3.12 X.
>>
>>Athlon 1.3/256
>>Engine-Matches
>>Fritz6-GUI
>>64 MB hashtables
>>ponder=off
>>4 men TBS
>>40 moves/120 min for rounds 1-10
>>40 moves/80 min for remaining rounds
>>It appears to me that Fritz 7a is in need of a serious upgrade. I have had similar results where Deep Fritz (on a single processor) and Fritz 6 have been coming out ahead many times in engine tournaments.(Perm. Brain off of course)
Fritz 7a does play some impressive games however. Check out the recent message
Fritz 7 vs. Grandmaster Mark Hebden.
There are many who swear by the brilliant games of the new Fritz 7 engine,
however.
>>T2002  Ath  2002
>>
>>                      1   2   3   4   5   6
>>1   Chess Tiger 14.0  *** 111 ½0½ 101 1½1 ½½½  11.0/17
>>2   TheKing 3.12 X    000 *** 1½½ 1½1 10½ ½1½  10.0/17
>>3   Junior 7          ½1½ 0½½ *** 110 ½½0 111   9.0/17
>>4   Fritz 7a          010 0½0 001 *** 11½ 1½½   8.0/17
>>5   Hiarcs 7.32       0½0 01½ ½½1 00½ *** 10½   7.5/17
>>6   Shredder 6.32     ½½½ ½0½ 000 0½½ 01½ ***   5.5/17
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> And we can add this tournament from Germany, played under
> similar conditions as the one above.
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> NewEngines  2001
> 40/2 Germany
>
>                           1     2     3     4
>
>1   Shredder 6           ****  ½11½  ½½11  0110    8.0/12
>2   Chess Tiger 14.0     ½00½  ****  1½10  1½½½    6.0/12
>3   Junior 7             ½½00  0½01  ****  1½1½    5.5/12
>4   Fritz 7a             1001  0½½½  0½0½  ****    4.5/12
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> or vs the same opponents T1+T2
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>                            1        2        3        4
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>1   Junior 7             ******   ½½00111  0½01½1½  1½1½110   12.5/21
>2   Shredder 6           ½½11000  ******   ½11½½½½  01100½½   10.5/21
>3   Chess Tiger 14.0     1½10½0½  ½00½½½½  ******   1½½½101   10.5/21
>4   Fritz 7a             0½0½010  10011½½  0½½½001  ******     8.5/21
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>Sune



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