Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:22:30 09/01/02
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On September 01, 2002 at 04:13:52, Mike S. wrote: nimzo98 topped SSDF for pretty long period. >On August 31, 2002 at 23:58:38, Chessfun wrote: > >>On August 31, 2002 at 20:54:22, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>(...) >>>When it was released it topped SSDF of course and it won a bunch of >>>tournaments. > >>Nimzo 8....never topped the SSDF. I believe Nimzo 732 may have done at some >>point. > >Or maybe Nimzo98, after a very good Aegon performance (with some luck). I think >it wasn't on first place at SSDF AFAIK, but at least 2nd or 3rd for some time. >But longer ago. > >>Why isn't it true? most data rating lists show it is true. > >It must be a positional weakness, or a specific gameplay (?) weakness. I'm >considering mostly using N8 as an analysis engine for tactical situations, u >addition to Fritz 7 or Fritz 7 NoMMX, then and when. In my test suites, >"Schweinehund" (~Nimzo 7.32) was/is always on top, or among the best two. > >I think too, that against humans it probably wouldn't score much different (or >even better) than i.e. Fritz or whatever other top program. Of course it depends >on the opponents strength... but I think, below 2400 there wouldn't be much >chance that Nimzo looses on time. Humans will most often be completely lost much >earlier. > >Schach dem Schweinehund, which has a very similar Nimzo engine, has competed >twice against humans in large blitz competitions in Germany btw. IIRC it scored >49-1 and 50-0. I don't know the opponent's strengths, but at least club league >players AFAIK. The reports were at the german www.chessbase.de site longer ago. > >Regards, >Mike Scheidl
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