Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:44:07 05/26/02
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On May 25, 2002 at 16:02:54, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On May 25, 2002 at 15:50:30, Harald Faber wrote: > >Hi Harald, > >I think we can agree that Fritz is very strong in playing 40 games >matches. But I do agree partly with your statement below. You can >just count how many important tournaments Fritz has won in the last >5 till 10 years. In that respect Shredder and Junior (f.e.) have >had more credits :-) Don't forget that even counting numerous tournament results, you still get much less games than SSDF has played, so one also could say that single tournament results have almost no statistical meaning. >All in all I think that Fritz is best for long matches like in Sweden. >But Shredder, Junior and also Tiger are better tournament players. And what do you think WHY is Fritz doing better in SSDF/long matches? >Still, I have the idea that Fritz knows a lot more about chess than >earlier versions. No doubt. >Of course sometimes it has no understanding, but that >counts for all other programs as well. Yes, but IMO the others are not that often so blind. >Furthermore, it is quite an >achievement to top the SSDF list for so long! On the other hand, the >top spot in the SSDF is no guarantee for succes in tournaments :-) > >Jeroen Although Fritz rarely wins tournaments, the result often is in the top-3 or top-5
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