Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 15:10:25 09/24/98
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On September 24, 1998 at 16:19:19, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: >I like the games against WchessX especially, since this program seems to be a >class act concerning some kind of static evaluation functions (if I don't judge >it wrong): it often plays like "knowing" good moves in a given situation without >having to calculate too long (running on a AMD K6-233). It seems to understand some sacrificial patterns. It is speculative, you will see it sacrifice and not always get the material back. >Meanwhile Junior5 reached an ICC rating of about 2860 with my configuration, >though many other programs over there are supplied with some or even much more >hardware power. This looks considerably strong to me. ICC ratings are hard to evaluate, they are extremely volatile. >Bruce and Bob, correct me if I'm wrong. >By the way: Ferret on it's Alpha clearly seems to be a bit to strong for my >hardware ;-) Greetings to Bruce: it's not only fast, it's been playing real nice >chess in my 5 5 encounters and was successful in outsearching my manually >operated efforts :-) Thanks. If you would like to play against more equivalent hardware, I have a Pentium Pro 200, just ask me if you see me on, but please be patient since often I am not in the room and you will be talking to my chair. The 533 mhz Alpha is approximately equal to a Pentium II/400 for my purposes. >All in al what I saw confirms what I said earlier: Junior5 seems to be a real >strong blitzer, while having a nice tournament performance (40/120) as well... It seems to be strong all around, yes. bruce
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