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Subject: Re: Nimzo's SSDF result vs. Thuringer result

Author: Alexander Kure

Date: 02:05:52 11/28/99

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On November 27, 1999 at 22:25:30, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On November 27, 1999 at 22:02:49, eric guttenberg wrote:
>
>>Most of the interest generated by the new SSDF ratings has been in
>>the performance of the impressive Tiger program. But I am intrigued
>>by Nimzo 7.32.
>>Nimzo ranked respectably in the standings, slightly behind F5.32 and
>>ahead of Junior 5 and Hiarcs 7.32. Yet at the Thuringer tournaments
>>earlier this month, it not only produced 0 wins in 13 rounds and
>>last place but according to Marcus Kaestner's eyewitness account
>>produced a quality of play that was laughable, unbelievably bad,
>>game after awful game.
>>Has anyone discovered an explanation for this?
>>
>>eric
>
>I don't know exactly,
>but in general there is a big difference between nimzo
>using its normal (big) book and nimzo using its tournament book.
>


There is a difference.


>Using the general book it doesn't do very well at the icc server
>either against crafty, diep and many others at somewhat slower levels.


Sorry Vincent, that is not true. Nimzo does for example extremly well (> 50%)
against crafty at 30 1 (just do a search to find out).


>
>Just the difference between these books already makes this huge difference
>between winning an event or losing an event for nimzo.
>

I do not agree! At SSDF Nimzo 7.32 playes with his standard book and got
reasonable results. I do not know what book they used at Thueringen tournament,
but no matter what book they used, it would not make much difference on Nimzo's
overall performance.

>Idem for some other programs.



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