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Subject: Re: Fritz one of the top programs for years!!

Author: Tina Long

Date: 00:10:29 11/08/99

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On November 07, 1999 at 15:38:08, Pillsbury wrote:

>On November 07, 1999 at 07:14:54, m.d.hurd wrote:
>
>>Why do we have to wait for Quest to to win the Dutch championship before Fritz 6
>>(english) is released ? :-))
>
>Its very hard waiting for Fritz to arrive my home. Also it has been several
>weeks that its on order!
>
>I dont care if it does not win Dutch championship. I am sure the quality of
>program has been right at the top with Hiarcs for several years. I can always
>download upgrades from chessbase site!
>
>We don't want to wait to receive it and chessbase should not wait to release it!
>
>karthick

Hi guys,
gees, I'm sticking my nose in everywhere tonight.

1. The engine in Fritz 6 is not necesarily the same as Quest.  Quest is the
latest "experimental" version.  These engines are constantly being updated and
(hopefully) improved.

2. The "Best" is tricky.  Statistically you need thousands of uncorrupted (no
doubles, no autoplayer troubles etc etc) games to decide best.  In the Swedish
Rating list, the difference between the top programs in each computer-speed
group is far less than the statistical variances of the programs.

3.  Now with "personalities" and engine tweakability the strength of top engines
is even more debatable.  eg. CM6k is top of the P200 section of the Swedish
list, but where would CM6666 be?  Statistically people think it would be better,
but we don't know.

see you guys,
Tina



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