Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 07:13:05 02/24/99
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On February 24, 1999 at 09:05:12, blass uri wrote: > >On February 23, 1999 at 11:55:42, blass uri wrote: > >> >>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 > >There is a different explanation. > >Maybe Fritz5.32 is better at the opening stage of the game and it is the reason >that Fritz5.32 is getting better results when both sides do not use the opening >book in the nunn positions. > >If this is the case then I can understand the fact that Fritz5.32 is not better >in practical games because usually both sides are out of book only near move 20 >and Fritz5.32 is not better after move 20 > >I suggest to do a match of 40 games based on all the 20 positions after 1 ply: >after 1.a3,1.a4,1.b3,1.b4,..... > >I am sure that Chessbase did not tune Fritz for this match so if Fritz5.32 wins >convincingly then it will be a proof that Fritz5.32 is clearly better in the >opening stage then Fritz5.16 > >Uri Interesting idea, I know I am not the only one to have noticed this I exchanged games via e-mail with Mike Hurd from here about a month ago and his games of the Nunn tests although using different computer than mine showed the same results that being a big margin for 5.32 over 5.16. Dan Kiski.
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