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Subject: Re: Fritz Had an easy way, Centaur and Ikarus are weak programs !!!

Author: James Robertson

Date: 19:50:18 06/18/99

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On June 18, 1999 at 13:18:56, Rafael Vasquez wrote:

>On June 18, 1999 at 13:11:56, Tania Devora wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Centaur and Ikarus are weak programs , Fritz has luck !!!
>>
>>
>>   And fritz hardware seems to powerful in compare with other strongs programs
>>that are running in PIII 550 or PIII 450.
>
>Tania,
>That was a reported problem concerning the pairings. We got very exciting games
>with the accelerated pairings, but in the first rounds there are some programs
>that get lucky (Fritz). Anyway... the gap in strength between the programs is
>very small. All still have weak points in their programming, only that different
>ones. Only one game doesn't mean Fritz is stronger, but the tournament has to
>have a winner and still we don't know who will be...
>
>Best Regards, Rafael

No accelerated pairings.... it was done with standard pairings. So,
theoretically, _every_ program in the top half should have gotten an easy time.
:)

(That Diep - Ferret game was awesome to watch!!)

James



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