Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:55:35 09/29/05
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On September 29, 2005 at 07:15:17, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >On September 29, 2005 at 01:10:18, Alex Shalamanov wrote: > >>On September 28, 2005 at 11:02:37, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >> >>>On September 28, 2005 at 06:18:38, Alex Shalamanov wrote: >>> >>>>There are a good many chess engines: some play bad chess, some good chess, just >>>>a few really sound chess... But as to Fruit, HE (it's not an error or typo; I do >>>>personify him) plays astonishing strategic chess. I come to think sometimes, if >>>>it was done by Fabian on purpose when he programmed him. Probably, it was not >>>>the case but I can't help feeling that the immortal soul of Jose Raul Capablanca >>>>is behind Fruit's play style. The style so vivid to remind anyone of the great >>>>past and present chess legends: Capablanca, Karpov, Ponomariov... >>> >>> >>>I would say Karpov rather than the other two. >> >>Their styles are more or less alike, if only Karpov had a much stronger >>willpower of the three. Fruit tries to gain positional advantage by maneuvring, >>although Karpov used to do that in a more brilliant manner in 80's. Still, >>Fabian has more time to work on the programme improvements. >> >>Alex > > >Yes. When I said that Fruit reminds me more of Karpov than the other two, I had >in mind the fact that Fruit does not always seek the simplest moves that lead to >a win, the way Capablanca did. Sometimes the new Fruit WCCC (a.k.a. Fruit 2.2), >goes out for a gory win :-). However, just like you, I think that there is room >for even further improvement in the sceptical program. Fruit spends a lot of energy studying the control of the board, more than most other programs, I think.
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