Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:47:08 11/27/03
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On November 27, 2003 at 04:57:48, martin fierz wrote: >On November 26, 2003 at 20:52:16, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1325 >[snip] > >>Question: After round seven you and Shredder are in the lead, and it looks like >>one of you will take the title. What do you say about Fritz's performance, which >>will its strategy be during the rest of the tournament? >> >>Morsch: In the past years we have always tried to beat the amateur programs with >>tactical means. But this has become too dangerous, because you have to take a >>lot of risks. That has cost us a number of points in the past. The latest >>version of Fritz plays excellent positional chess, as you were able to see for >>instance in its game against Shredder. That is our strength. >> >>Question: Is the dramatic improvement in strategic play a result of the >>preparation for the match against Garry Kasparov? >> >>Morsch: That is correct. I spent a lot of time and effort making Fritz >>strategically as strong as it is in the tactical area. I am convinced that only >>by improving the positional understanding of the program that its performance >>can be further improved. I am very gratified that this seems to be working not >>just against human player but also against other programs. > > >well, what an interview! >no mention of the pathetic performance of fritz in game 3 vs kasparov which was >a positional disaster. and it seems like at least some other engines would have >played that position much better (results were posted here which seem to >indicate that some other engines would have moved their f-pawn...). >but of course, what can you expect when you look at the chessbase website? > >also, that fritz plays excellent positional chess "as you can see in the game >vs. shredder" seems pretty weird; wasn't that basically just a book loss? > >cheers > martin I do not think that it was a book loss. Fritz got better position after book but there was no tactical win and I am not sure if Fritz could win against 4 processors of shredder. Uri
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