Author: Harald Faber
Date: 07:39:16 03/16/99
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On March 16, 1999 at 06:49:34, blass uri wrote: >>>Of course it's obvoius that he has cheated somehow. I only wonder in which >>>way (or with which program...). So he hasn't been caught in action with >>>wires and all :-) >>> >>>Nearly 'Fritz5.32-proven' you write. Have anyone tested for any other >>>chess program? Is the market shares for Fritz5.32 _very_ big in Germany >>>compared to other chess programs/countries? I mean, why have one suspected >>>use of Fritz5.32 and not any other chess program? Maybe this has all been >>>discussed in Germany before I read it here on CCC in the first place!? >>>/Robert >> >>I don't know if the first try was with Fritz and so no other prog was used to >>verify. But indeed there are several moves only a program with little positional >>ability would play. Like Fritz. :-) > >can you show examples? Just take out one of Allwermanns games. >I do not think that Fritz has little positional ability. Sometimes 2 people have to agree that they disagree in one or few points. :-) >I saw cases when Fritz won Hiarcs7 because of poor endgame of Hiarcs7 > >Fritz5.32 won one game in the ssdf games against Hiarcs7 by impressive >positional sacrifices: ONE game. >Fritz5.32 played 24...Ne4 and sacrificed a pawn and after the moves 25.Bxe4 dxe4 >26.Rxe4 Bg5 27.Na3 fritz5.32 sacrificed a second pawn by 27...a5 to get the >bishop at b7 to the game. > >The position is probably drawn but Fritz5.32 won the game because it has better >positional understanding(at least in this position) relative to Hiarcs7 >Uri In this position, yes, Fritz managed to use the pieces dynamically. Don't conclude from this that Fritz HAS better positional understanding than Hiarcs. I can also show you ONE example where WChess won against Shredder in an endgame with a pawn down. So would you say WChess has better positional understanding or better endgame abilities than Shredder?? Step forward who does!?
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