Author: James T. Walker
Date: 11:11:05 01/03/03
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On January 03, 2003 at 13:05:54, Jorge Pichard wrote: >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 I don't think so. There are more than 3 programs stronger than Ruffian. Namely Frit 8, Fritz 7, Deep Fritz, Shredder 7, Shredder Paderborn, Chess Tiger 15, Chess Tiger 14 and probably the new Junior when released. That should put it near 9th or 10th place. Still very good for a freebe! Jim
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