Author: Derek Paquette
Date: 16:50:23 08/26/05
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On August 26, 2005 at 17:11:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Which engine will be able to beat Toga II 1.0 >under the conditions of our test with 5moves.ctg? >With the exception of Fritz 8 (draw) Toga has in >the meantime won all other matches vs Chess Tiger 15, >Gandalf 6.0, Junior 9, Hiarcs 9, The King 3.33 default >and even very clearly (what a surprise) vs Shredder 9. >We can hardly believe that Aristarch 4.50 and List 5.12 >or Spiike 1.0 Mains will be able to win vs this monster. >Details, Games, Download as usual at >[http://www.utzingerk.com/toga2_test.htm] >This seems to become the year of the amateurs >if we also consider the WCCC 13th in Reykjavik. >[http://www.utzingerk.com/wccc_2005.htm] >Regards >Kurt I haven't looked at the games yet, but I am willing to bet that the reason fritz 8 did so well is because it plays such a 'solid' game. It doesn't take risks, or many sacrifices, and Toga seems to be do or die, so its expected. Toga probably got "caught" after some moves and ended up losing.
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