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Subject: Re: Thinker 4.6b third after 1st round!

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 07:33:36 06/01/04

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On May 31, 2004 at 15:08:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 31, 2004 at 13:41:39, Miroslav Nikolic wrote:
>
>>Hardware: PIII 800MHz, 256Mb RAM
>>OS: Windows Xp
>>GUI: Chessprogram8 (Fritz 8)
>>Tournament: 10x8x40min, round robin, 8 rounds
>>Time control: 40'/40, 40'/40 + 40' (rest)
>>Hash: 32 MB
>>Ponder: off
>>Resign: on
>>Tablebase: Nalimov 4-pieces
>>TB Cache : 6 MB
>>Book used: DeepFritz7.ctg for Deep Fritz, H8 for Hiarcs, Select.ctg (by me)
>>for others
>>Book learning: off
>
>
>Just a question:  Why would you want to turn off a part of a chess program that
>is not easy to develop in the first place?  IE book learning is a part of many
>engines.  Turning it off makes no sense to me... any more than turning off
>passed pawn evaluation or selective search capabilities...

He played this tournament under the Chessbase GUI.
He used the commercial books from the predecessors for Fritz,Hiarcs and his own
book for the rest.
Don't ask me: Why?

It makes no sense to play with book learning enabled under the circumstances
mentioned.

Michael

>
>
>>
>>
>>10x8x40min Belgrade  2004
>>Standings after 1st round:
>>
>>01 Deep Fritz 8______* 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1   6.5/9
>>02 Chess Tiger 15.0__1 * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1   6.0/9
>>03 Thinker 4.6b______1 0 * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½   5.0/9  21.50
>>04 CM9000 R1_________0 1 1 * 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1   5.0/9  21.00
>>05 Shredder 8________½ ½ 1 1 * 0 1 ½ 0 0   4.5/9
>>06 Junior 8__________0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 0 1 1   4.0/9  16.00
>>07 Ruffian 1.0.5_____0 0 0 1 0 1 * ½ 1 ½   4.0/9  15.50
>>08 List 512__________0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1   4.0/9  15.25
>>09 Crafty 19.13______0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ * 0   3.0/9  15.00
>>10 Hiarcs 9__________0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 *   3.0/9  12.00
>>
>>Thinker 4.6b: 1-0 vs. Deep Fritz, Junior, Ruffian & List, = vs. Hiarcs!
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Miroslav



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