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Subject: Re: Junior 8 test: Junior 8 - Fritz 8.0.0.8 complete

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 21:13:24 06/20/03

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On June 20, 2003 at 18:56:43, Harald Faber wrote:

>On June 20, 2003 at 12:59:01, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On June 20, 2003 at 12:30:02, Harald Faber wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>the match is complete now. Junior 8 crushes Fritz 8.0.0.8 by 14.5-5.5. The most
>>>desastrous result I have seen so far for Fritz 8. I followed and looked at some
>>>games from round 10 on and must say, that Fritz 8 has been outplayed one game
>>>after another. Therefore Junior 8 - my personal opinion - absolutely deserves
>>>this clear win.
>>>
>>>Last match for Junior 8 is now against Chessmaster 9000 "Pillen".
>>>
>>>Games, results and intermediates at www.harald-faber.de
>>
>>Will you try Ver. 8.0.0.23 against Junior 8?
>
>
>No. For a simple reason: This engine version is buggy. Like the 8.0.0.19.
>
>
>>In two engine matches I played set for Blitz 4'+2", 100 Games each, Fritz
>>8.0.0.23 crushed Junior 8, by collecting about 67% of the points.
>>Terry
>
>
>This is absolutely not comparable with my setup.

Yeah too buggy...well guess what, they _all_ have bugs, and Junior is no
exception.

This doesn't mean 8.0.0.23 plays worse in games in general due to the Nxe4 Bug,
it may still play better overall. I doubt my test is totally invalid. Why would
it be?

It should be tested as well IMHO.

Terry



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