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Subject: Re: Did Fritz cook the Nunn tests?

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:55:42 02/23/99

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On February 23, 1999 at 10:21:53, Dan Kiski wrote:

>I read a number of posts on the subject of Rebel allegedly cooking some set
>tests a while back and wondered if Fritz had done something similar.
>
>When I play engine 5.15 v 5.32 tests using the Nunn openings I find 5.32 will
>win by Impressive margins 15 - 5, 15.5 - 4.5, 14.5 - 5.5. But when I play engine
>v engine normal matches they seem relatively even.

It seems that they cooked Fritz5.32 to win the nunn test games.
This proves that the nunn test does not prove nothing about the strength of
chess engines because it is a known test.

I suggest another test based on the positions after the 10 move of black in the
last category 18+ tournament.

Uri





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