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Subject: Re: OP 2002 Nunn Test [60/120'] Fritz7006 winner of position 5 [Comments]

Author: Vine Smith

Date: 03:00:57 04/20/02

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On April 20, 2002 at 03:35:56, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>[D]r1bqrnk1/pp2bppp/2p2n2/3p2B1/3P4/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 11
>
>5) Nunn position 5, Queens Gambit, Exchange Variation
><pre>OP 2002  Ath 1.3/64
>Zurich, 2002.04.13 - 2002.04.19
>                        Score     Fr Ch Th Sh Ju Hi
>----------------------------------------------------
> 1: Fritz 7006         8.0 / 10   XX == 1= =1 11 11
> 2: Chess Tiger 14.0   5.5 / 10   == XX == 0= =1 =1
> 3: TheKing 3.12 X     5.0 / 10   0= == XX =1 1= =0
> 4: Shredder 6.02      5.0 / 10   =0 1= =0 XX 10 =1
> 5: Junior 7           4.0 / 10   00 =0 0= 01 XX 11
> 6: Hiarcs 7.32        2.5 / 10   00 =0 =1 =0 00 XX
>----------------------------------------------------
>30 games: +9 =13 -8
></pre>
>
>GERMAN:
>Mit Ausnahme von Hiarcs732, das 11.Tac1 spielte, kamen alle theoretisch
>bekannten Abspiele mit 11.Tab1, 11.Tae1 und 11.h3 auf's Brett. Die 9 Siege von
>Weiss, 8 Siege von Schwarz und 13 Remispartien bestätigen die Ausgeglichenheit
>dieser Stellung. Souveräner Sieger in dieser Serie wurde Fritz7006 ohne eine
>einzige Niederlage. Die übrigen Programme liegen eng beieinander, einzig
>Hiarcs732 konnte mit der Nunn Position 5 gar nicht anfangen.
>
>ENGLISH:
>With the exception of Hiarcs732, who chose 11.Rac1, all the theoretical well
>known plans with 11.Rab1, 11.Rae1 and 11.h3 were played. White won 9 games,
>Black 8 games and 13 games ended with a draw, This shows that the position is
>rather balanced. Fritz7006 is the great winner of this serie, whereas the other
>programs obtained almost equal results. However,  Hiarcs732 can of course not at
>all be satisfied with his 2,5 points out of 10 games.
>
>Standing after 50 rounds:
>
><pre>
>
>    Program                            Score     %    Av.Op.  Elo    +   -
>Draws
>
>  1 Fritz 7006                     :  33.0/ 50  66.0   2381   2496   82  92
>28.0 %
>  2 Junior 7                       :  25.5/ 50  51.0   2399   2406  101  75
>30.0 %
>  3 Chess Tiger 14.0               :  25.0/ 50  50.0   2400   2400   78  78
>40.0 %
>  4 Shredder 6.02                  :  24.5/ 50  49.0   2401   2394   71 101
>34.0 %
>  5 TheKing 3.12 X                 :  23.5/ 50  47.0   2403   2382   69  98
>38.0 %
>  6 Hiarcs 7.32                    :  18.5/ 50  37.0   2415   2323   76  85
>38.0 %
></pre>

This cannot bode well for Hiarcs, which some have claimed has the most
positional knowledge of these programs. Here it has been given a relatively
quiet position to conduct a minority attack, and yet is the only engine not to
follow theoretical paths as White.
Tiger is making a nice comeback. Interesting tournament!

Regards,
Vine Smith



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