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Subject: Re: Who is the real NPS champion?

Author: blass uri

Date: 03:39:06 11/08/99

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On November 08, 1999 at 04:57:37, Jouni Uski wrote:

>On November 08, 1999 at 04:33:54, Bruce Moreland wrote:
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>>NPS is just some number that is easy to collect.  It is not an indicator of
>>tactical speed, much less chess strength.
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>>bruce
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>But I think normally it's quite good indicator for tactical speed. E.g. Fritz
>and Goliath are tactically two best engines by far...
>
>Jouni

I disagree.
Chessmaster6000 is often better than Fritz in finding tactics.

I think that too many nps are counter productive because you have no idea which
line to search.

Uri



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