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Subject: Re: Stronger

Author: Martin Schubert

Date: 01:22:31 05/26/02

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On May 26, 2002 at 03:44:07, Harald Faber wrote:

>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.
>

They have a statistical meaning when Shredder wins every championchip and Fritz
wins no championchip.

>
>>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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