Author: John Coffey
Date: 10:56:56 01/28/99
Earlier I reported that Fritz 5 seemed to play much stronger than its rating when playing game/60. Even at speed chess, the program had assigned me a C rating even though I am a strong A player. (Heading toward Expert I like to think.) But I have gotten mixed results recently when setting the program to game/60. Earlier it seems to play >2000 even when set to the low rating. I could tell this because it was taking 2 to 3 seconds per move, which is really quite strong on Fritz. But today it seemed to play instantly on this seting and it played no better than it does at speed chess at a low setting. I get the impression that the rating feature on Fritz not only cuts the time spent, but also occasionally makes the program play a random move. (I base this on some of the completely non-sensical moves that it will make. Most of the time it makes really good moves, but occasionally it makes a very weird looking move.) John Coffey
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