Author: Steve
Date: 19:35:16 01/28/99
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On January 28, 1999 at 13:56:56, John Coffey wrote: >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.) > I have had the same experience with Fritz 5. Hopefully, in Fritz 6, ChessBase will add the feature that permits you to set one time limit for the program and another for yourself, as in CM6000. That pretty much solves the "random move" problem. >John Coffey
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