Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 07:07:56 06/21/03
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On June 21, 2003 at 03:44:17, Harald Faber wrote: >On June 21, 2003 at 00:13:24, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>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. > > >Despite of this Nxe4 bug? I doubt that. > > >>I doubt my test is totally invalid. Why would it be? > > >I didn't say your test is invalid. You are just using a totally different match >setup (1 PC, 4'+2") than I do (2 PCs, 40/120'+60'). So it is VERY unlikely that >your results fit to mine. > > >>It should be tested as well IMHO. >>Terry > > >There can be tested so much more, Fritz 8.0.0.23, CM 9000, CM 9000 SKR, Ruffian >e.g. At the moment it is not planned to test them, maybe I'll do it after my >original test is complete. Thanks for this reply, if you test 8.0.0.23 it may do better or maybe the fast T/C was to Fritzs advantage, it's hard to say? I do agree with you the two PCs, at 40/120'+60 albiet it takes more time is a much better test for strength then runing a long blitz engine match. Regards, Terry
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