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Subject: Re: Deep Fritz 7 the best to date?

Author: Louis Fagliano

Date: 12:41:35 07/17/02

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On July 17, 2002 at 06:48:54, stuart taylor wrote:

>On July 17, 2002 at 06:07:55, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>
>>http://www.niggemann.com just check under software, chessprograms!
>>
>>(snip)
>>Catalogue:
>>Deep Fritz7 is the multiprocessor version of Fritz7. On a dual processor
>>machine, it will run about 85% faster than on a single. Deep Fritz7 is based on
>>a Fritz7 engine. It has a further improved positional understandingendgame
>>knowledge without it´s tactical ability being weakened.
>>
>>It comes with the latest Fritz-GUI including access to the ChessBase
>>chess-server "Schach.de".
>>(snip)
>>
>>Is this for real?
>
>If so, It would be already breaking through the barrier, perhaps, and be
>undisputably the best to date.
>So therefore, for just a bit more money I can get something atleast 50 elo above
>the top of what exists now?
>S.Taylor
>
>On the other hand, is there any real thing that can be greatly improved before
>clearing up the basic computer weakneses. i.e. Does each doubling of speed still
>make it as much difference in elo as it used to? (I mean there isn't much more
>tactical strength to be achieved anymore, until there is about x100 the speed,
>or special new knowledge)
>S.Taylor

Higher and higher elos don't mean much and aren't really so until one program
can beat Eduard Nemeth.



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