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Subject: Re: Well of coarse! Anything not sold by chessbase can never do well !!!!!

Author: Tina Long

Date: 18:18:27 01/19/02

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On January 19, 2002 at 19:03:53, Bertil Eklund wrote:

>On January 19, 2002 at 17:41:56, robert flesher wrote:
>
>>NT
>
>Century4 has done extremely well and it is a giant step forward vs the older
>programs from the same author. In example C4 (A1200) won six in a row against
>Shredder5 (AMD450) The playing style is close to the new "paradigm programs",
>Junior7 , Gambit and Gandalf. The favourite attack begins with moves like Re1 to
>e3 followed by Rg3 or h3 and heavy pressure on the enemy king. The castle-bug is
>fixed and the play with fianchetto-bishops seems to be much better then all
>earlier "Rebels". The endgame is clearly improved, probably  most because of the
>improved tactical ability. I believe Century4 can compete with every top-program
>in the middle-game but it is still slightly weaker in the endgame.
>
>Bertil

Thanks very much for those pieces of information Bertil.
It is posts like that, from experienced knowledgable persons, that I personally
most appreciate at CCC.  I may notice aspects of C4's play, but I am not good
enough to confirm things for myself, hence my appreciation of your post.

Regards
Tina Long



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