Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 08:50:01 08/22/05
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On August 22, 2005 at 11:40:48, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On August 22, 2005 at 10:09:17, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On August 21, 2005 at 23:03:40, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >> >>>My sincere compliments to zappa and fruit, really terrific. But I am a single >>>cpu owner, probobly always will. But I have this feeling that the commercial >>>programs (fritz mainly) in 1 cput configuration would strangle zappa and fruit, >>>particularily in CC games. Please tell me I am wrong. >> >>At this point, all the evidence I have seen indicates that you are wrong. >> >>Especially in the case of Fruit, which appears to be easily on par with the >>finest commercial programs for strength on a single CPU system. >> >>This is a golden age for computer chess, and we are seeing miracles. >> >>For me, it is so enjoyable to watch that I am beside myself. > >Thank you, and to all. Did not know fruit played single cpu, great. I just >wonder however how it play against for example fritz in CC. Somewhere, I read an excellent article in a correspondence magazine about using computers in correspondence chess by Uri Blass. I don't remember what magazine it was in. >I have been using >Fritz for these games, and have tried others, Crafty and shredder 7.04 just in >my experience dont measure up except on certain board positions, both have come >up with a nice move on occasion. > >Fritz is good enough, but I am involved with too many draws. A engine slightly >better eval would help here. Everyone uses fritz is the main reason and if I >play the whole game with another of my engines I lose. Suggestion: Have several engines look at the move. Choose the one that you think best from the collection -- or even add your own move. You can use the computer to blunder check your own ideas.
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