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Subject: Re: Yes....and here is why

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 16:45:14 12/11/04

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On December 10, 2004 at 18:10:44, robert flesher wrote:

>I have played perhaps 500+ games at blitz time controls on my Amd3400+ with
>Junior8 vs Fritz 8.08, Junior never won a single match and infact Fritz crushed
>Junior in blitz time controls. However in longer time control these statics
>seemed to even out. For more proof of this look at the chessbase server for
>users with Fritz8 and Junior8 on equal hardware. You will discover Fritz is
>always higher rated. Why? Fritz 8 is a better blitz player. However it seems
>Junior9 has improved, probably due to Amir also noticing that trend, however,
>that it pure speculation, but maybe fact. Cheers~

VERY maybe! Because if a program is tuned for Blitz, it is often at the expense
of longer time controls.
S.Taylor



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