Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:09:31 01/03/03
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On January 03, 2003 at 15:54:37, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On January 03, 2003 at 14:11:05, James T. Walker wrote: > >>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! > >Well, you could argue that there are only three programs better than Ruffian by >discounting the permutations, namely Fritz, Shredder and Chess Tiger. > >Regards, >Mogens Yes I agree but the SSDF list them all and that will drop Ruffian down the list. There is also the possibility of CM9K and Junior 7 being slightly stronger. It will be fairly close. It's still the "best buy" on the market! I also admit that most of my testing of Ruffian has been at fast time controls and it could surprise me. Jim
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