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Subject: Re: Fritz's Victory Over Hiarcs

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 11:13:26 06/19/99

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On June 19, 1999 at 01:39:27, Brett Clark wrote:

>On June 19, 1999 at 00:53:42, Brian Smith wrote:
>
>>Well, it seems people will never stop trying to slam Fritz.  I don't have the
>>program so I can't say I'm a fan.  Half a year ago people said Fritz doesn't do
>>well at long time controls and is optimized for a P200... now that it keeps
>>winning with faster hardware it has an unfair advantage because of it....hmmm...
>
>Fritz bashing seems to be en vogue these days.  I haven't quite figured out why.
> All I know is that Fritz is ranked #1 on the SSDF rating list, it defeated
>Hiarcs 22-18 in SSDF head to head competition, it defeated Hiarcs in the WCCC,
>and tomorrow it is playing Ferret for the championship.  Ask Judit Polgar if she
>thinks that Fritz is a joke.

Dear Brett,

If you took a look at my post, you'll see I was merely asking a question if the
hardware Fritz was running on was so much better than what Hiarcs had that it
could be significant to the outcome.

Mel



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