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Subject: Re: Ray's 40/2hrs tournament (round 8 of 54 completed)

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 14:19:09 11/14/04

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On November 14, 2004 at 15:22:09, Derek Paquette wrote:

>On November 14, 2004 at 13:26:16, Graham Banks wrote:
>
>>Pentium 4 (3.2)
>>256 mb hash
>>Ponder off, No learning
>>All using powerbook optimised
>>3,4,5 EGTB's
>>Deep Fritz 8 GUI
>>
>>
>>Standings after 8 of 54 rounds
>>
>>5.5 - CM9000 Assassin
>>5.0 - Hiarcs 9
>>5.0 - Shredder 8
>>4.5 - Ruffian 2.1.0
>>4.5 - Aristarch 4.50
>>4.0 - Deep Fritz 8
>>3.5 - Deep Junior 8
>>3.0 - CM10th Creep
>>2.5 - Pharaon 3.1
>>2.5 - Pro Deo 1.0
>
>wouldn't an OPTIMIZED powerbook make the variety of play such that the same
>lines are going to be played over and over so a certain program that can benefit
>from such lines will win, ...not the strongest?
>shouldn't it be set on 'normal'
>?

There's still plenty of variety, believe me! A good question that you ask, but
no, it's not a concern.
Graham.



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