Author: James Robertson
Date: 16:43:04 10/17/98
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On October 17, 1998 at 12:40:16, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On October 17, 1998 at 04:57:00, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: > >>Gambisoft posts: >> >>"Customers report unisono that JUNIOR 5 runs at top speed. We can >>confirm this. With 350 MHz the search depth starts double digit most >>of the time!" > >Sounds like yet another case of confusion because Junior reports depth in >half-plies. How do you report a "half-ply"? Do you spend 1 half-ply finding the best piece to move and the next half-ply deciding where to put it? :) James > >>Results of the engine seem to support the claim that it is a very strong engine. >>However, when running it against Fritz 5 and especially Hiarcs on Junior >>platform I've got the impression that, fast as it may be, it is not intelligent >>enough... sometimes it seems to make moves that not even a patzer would make. > >What, and Fritz and Hiarcs don't do this? > >bruce > >>It may go 2 or 3 plies ahead of Crafty or Fritz.. but at the detriment of >>position and basic chess rules.
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