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Subject: Re: Round 7 Pairings with Scores

Author: blass uri

Date: 02:04:39 06/19/99

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On June 18, 1999 at 19:38:09, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>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
>
>Or that fast root processor can compete with so called "smart programs".

The point is that you can be fast without being a root processor by being a
processor of the middle of the tree.

Uri





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