Author: Alex Shalamanov
Date: 04:16:44 03/02/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 12:32:18, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >This message is not really right! > >Kramnik is only Nr. 6 of the World now and Topalov is the real World Champion. Topalov got his title in a robin round tourney while Vlad grabbed the title from ex-champ Kasparov in a classical chess 24-game match. Later on he defended the title against a Hungarian GM Peter Leko with the same format. You should see some difference in playing tourneys and matches. I guess, playing a match is far more challenging. BTW, it's Topalov who is currently trying to avoid a match vs. Kramnik. Is that coz he's unsure about the winning possibilities? It may be the case... >(But Kramnik should beat Topalov if he it can, I dount that) > > 1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2812 0 1963 > 2 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2801 14 1975 > 3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2792 14 1969 > 4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2765 21 1976 > 5 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2752 33 1982 > 6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2741 4 1975 > >Btw, Anand will get over 2800 in April 2006! > >And Fritz? > >Where You see it in the Rating List? Nr.1? NO! > >Against Humans last: > >2-2 only (other Programs scored better!) > >Here are the games of Bilbao: > >[Event "2nd Man Machine"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "2005.??.??"] >[Round "2"] >[White "Ponomariov, R."] >[Black "FRITZ"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "D00"] >[WhiteElo "2700"] >[PlyCount "95"] >[EventDate "2005.??.??"] > >1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Qxb7 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6 8. >Qa6 Rb8 9. Qa3 Qb6 10. b4 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Ba6 e4 14. Ng1 Rb6 >15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Bd1 Bd7 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. O-O Nbd7 20. Nb3 h5 21. Re1 >h4 22. h3 Rb7 23. Na5 Rbb8 24. Ba4 a6 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. Qb2 Qd7 27. a3 Rc7 28. >Qa2 Rbc8 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. a4 Bd3 31. g4 hxg3 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4 Qh7 34. Nh5 Nxh5 >35. gxh5 Qxh5 36. Qh2 Qh4 37. Kg2 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Qg3 Bc2 40. Qxh4 gxh4 >41. Rc1 Rxb3 42. Nxb3 Bxb3 43. a5 Nc4 44. b5 Ba4 45. bxa6 Bc6 46. a7 Kg7 47. a6 >Ba8 48. Rb1 1-0 That was very a very interesting game considering a rather bold pawn sacrifice for a convenient play by Fritz, more typical of Hiarcs or Junior. Had he not made a very bad error at move 39...Bc2?? +- (39...Qxg3! 40.Kxg3 f5! -+), that game could be a very good Fritz's achievement. Assuming for Pono's crazy error he made at 31.g4??, the battle was not that easy for the human. In my opinion, had they both played flawlessly, the game would have ended in a draw. Wow, it's interesting that when I scan through the game with Fritz 9, he gives very low priority to to the severe blunder he had made and proposes the right 39...Qxg3! instantly. >That are facts! Okay, it's up to you whether to rate Fritz 9 high or low. As to me, I find him very useful for a correspondence player: it helps a lot! There are some games he understands very well, there're also games where he overestimates his chances and underestimates the opponent's counter chances. Rybka is somewhere better, somewhere worse, but they are more or less equal. It's true, Rybka is still very raw, especially evaluating closed pawn chains or endgames. Fritz 9 is more balanced with all aspects of play taken into account. The situation may change after Rybka 1.1 is released, though. In case Vasik makes it an engine devoid of any weak spots. Best regards, Alex
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