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Subject: Fritz losing on time / Claim on ChessBase site

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 02:36:19 07/10/04

>Fritz greatly reduced its chances for overall victory by losing on time
>against Falcon in round three. This was due not to faulty algorithms, but by
>the computer hanging, as we have learnt from members of the Fritz team.

This sounds like complete nonsense to me.

Why did the Fritz team not check whether the computer was still running,
they are allowed to do so (after asking the tournament director).

Moreover, a hang should be obvious from the clocks on the remote system
no longer running.

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GCP

Re: Fritz losing on time / Claim on ChessBase site Tony Werten 08:02:01 07/10/04
Re: Fritz losing on time / Claim on ChessBase site Rex 03:49:46 07/10/04
Re: This tourney might be the toughest, something to think about........ Jorge Pichard 02:50:05 07/10/04
- Re: This tourney might be the toughest, something to think about........ Frank Phillips 02:54:06 07/10/04
  - Re: This tourney might be the toughest, something to think about........ Norm Pollock 03:16:42 07/10/04

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