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Subject: Re: SSDF(Ruffian 1.0.1 - Hiarcs 8)A1200, 1½-½, now 5.5-3.5

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 10:05:54 01/03/03

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On January 03, 2003 at 12:58:20, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 03, 2003 at 12:29:02, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On January 03, 2003 at 12:07:53, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>With a free program as strong as Ruffian 1.0.1 who really need to buy a
>>>commercial program!
>>
>>Quite. The only reason for investing in a commercial program would be the
>>aquirement of a good GUI with the features that suits your needs. Not that the
>>appearance of Ruffian changed that significantly.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mogens
>
>You cannot decide for other people about the reason for buying chess programs.
>
>Having the best engine is also a reason to buy chess programs and Fritz8 is
>better than Ruffian.
>
>Uri

I realize that, since I have done several mini matches at different time
controls between these two programs and Fritz 8 is definitively stronger than
Ruffian 1.0.1, but Ruffian will definitively end up in 3rd or 4th place on SSDF.

Pichard



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