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Subject: Re: Junior 5 engine - is speed all?

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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