Author: Shaley
Date: 21:37:42 08/28/05
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On August 28, 2005 at 12:12:31, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 28, 2005 at 10:42:58, Alex Shaley wrote: > >>On August 27, 2005 at 23:18:27, Thomas Logan wrote: >> >>>According to the new Zappa website >>> >>>Quote from download section >>> >>>Download >>>Zappa 1.1 is the version that competed in CCT7 and is free. Zappa 2.0 is the >>>world championship version, is commerical, and will be available in early >>>September. >>> >>>Tom >>Well, I downloaded Zappa 1.1 and it didn't impress me at all. It's much inferior >>to Fruit2.1 and Fritz7 in blitz, and cannot produce something out of the >>ordinary against them in long games. > >You could simply save time by reading the author words in >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?445829 > >He said that he does not expect zappa1.1 to beat fruit even at 90+30 time >control. Oh, well. But it can do nothing even against such an old programme as Fritz 7. Doesn't it seem strange to you that 1.1 is weaker than a pure tactical engine? > In other words, it plays pathetic. If Fruit >>2.1 is a free engine reigning over the commercial ones, this one is just a >>weakie. > >I disagree. In a Nunn2 test tourney (15'10") it had zero points against older engines Fritz 7, Hiarcs 8, Hiarcs 9 and newer Fruit 2.1. >Zappa1.1 is clearly better than most of the free engines. >The fact that it is weaker than the top commercial programs and weaker than >fruit2.1 was expected and it is not a reason to say bad words about it. I'm not saying low words about it, just my expectations seemed to fall low. >Zappa2 that is going to be commercial is a different program so you can know >nothing about it's level at this point of time. Well, certainly, I can't. But I have a sneaky suspision that Fruit Commercial is going to be a little bit better, isn't it? > >Uri Alexander
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