Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:20:29 06/18/99
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On June 18, 1999 at 19:24:21, blass uri wrote: > >On June 18, 1999 at 17:31:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 18, 1999 at 15:43:45, vitor wrote: >> >>>On June 18, 1999 at 15:05:03, Steve Coladonato wrote: >>> >>>> 1 Ferret (4.5) - Fritz( 5.0) >>>> 2 Shredder (4.5) - Junior (4.5) >> >>I predict a playoff. I hope Ferret beats fritz, and that shredder/junior >>draw. But if game 2 isn't a draw, then we get to see one more good game >>tomorrow in the playoff... >> >>Of course if Fritz wins, it is all over. But I strongly suspect that it >>won't get by Ferret... Their NPS is not all that different and Ferret is >>a _lot_ "smarter"... > >I hope that you are right about the game Ferret-Fritz >I am not sure if Ferret is really smarter after seeing the game that Ferret lost >to Hiarcs. > >I said before the tournament that Fritz has no chance to win because it is a >stupid root processor but after seeing the results of Fritz I start to suspect >that chessbase improved Fritz and it is not a root processor(of course it is >also possible that Fritz was lucky). > >Uri I can show you games where GM players (Kamsky to name one) said that "this thing played that as well as any GM player in the world could have played it, absolutely perfect..." And then I can show you games where even a 2200 player would say "jeez, this thing doesn't know a thing about chess." I see a lot more of the former than the latter. But the latter does happen. Even to the best. Like Ferret... and Junior... and Fritz... And hiarcs. IE Hiarcs looked like a complete idiot against Fritz today. No idea about king safety at all. Yet we know it is good...
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