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Subject: Re: Easy question, easy answer

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 23:29:13 12/14/03

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On December 15, 2003 at 01:45:44, Harald Faber wrote:

>On December 14, 2003 at 18:59:53, William Rex wrote:
>
>>On December 14, 2003 at 16:02:26, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>********************************************************************
>>>Athlon 1.3/256 MB, using Fritz 8 GUI
>>>time control: 120'/60 plus 60'/30 plus 30'
>>>ponder=off, no books, no EGTB, no learning
>>>games starting with 5 pre-set positions
>>>1.e4  /  1.d4  /  1.c4  /  1.g3  /  1.f4
>
>
>They use a completely different setup!
>
>To point the differences out:
>
>1. SSDF uses *2* PCs
>2. SSDF plays ponder=on
>3. SSDF plays 120'/40+60'/20+60'/20+....
>4. SSDF plays WITH books
>5. SSDF plays WITH TBs
>6. SSDF plays WITH learning
>7. SSDF plays without such stupid (IMO) setup positions.

     Hi Harald
     You are definitely wrong as far as Junior 8 is
     concerned. All other engines had the same handicap
     in NBE 2003 but none of them did so badly. The only
     explanation is that the "naked" Junior 8 has weaknesses
     other engines do not have. As to Shredder 7.04: you can
     run this engine under conditions whatsoever, it will
     still be top. This can't be said to Junior 8. And in
     our opinion the missing opening book was the main reason
     why Junior 8 got such a bad result. When we play matches
     with books [with/without EGTB, with/no learning] Junior 8
     always gets very good results in our tests.
     Kurt



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