Author: Marcus Kaestner
Date: 06:28:47 11/22/99
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On November 22, 1999 at 00:51:34, eric guttenberg wrote: >Evidently, in the 2 tournaments at Thuringer, out of a total of 13 rounds >N7.32 was unable to win a single game, and lost more than it drew. >I went to the Chessbits site, and read Mr.Kaestner's review of the >tournaments and if my German isn't too rusty I understand it to say that >all of the partipants agreed Nimzo played unbelievably badly and that its >failure >could not be blamed on the tournament conditions which allowed Nimzo to >play at its default settings on a 500 pentium in the first tournament >and a 266 pentium in the second. you have understood very well! that was what i said. >Given that Nimzo is currently leading F5.32 in the SSDF games and has >done very well in a couple of recently reported tournaments posted >here recently, I don't understand this. Is it possible that a program >could be so incredibly unlucky over 13 rounds as to play a couple of >lightyears below its rating? we all were very surprised. nobody has had an explanation of this desaster. However, at the last rounds the operators were only able to laugh about their program. there were not only the bad playing style, but also the very wrong evaluation. it seemed that nimzo has had not any knowledge about chess. we all were wondering, standing in front of the monitors, shaking our heads. unbelievable. marcus > >eric
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