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Subject: Re: Which Fritz is the Fastest Finder in Tactical Positions?

Author: Len Eisner

Date: 11:34:23 02/19/00

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On February 19, 2000 at 13:37:35, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On February 19, 2000 at 13:31:26, Len Eisner wrote:
>
>>Which version of Fritz is the fastest finder in tactical positions?
>>
>>Fritz 5.32 seems to be the fastest in terms of NPS, but that doesn’t mean it
>>will find combinations any faster than Fritz 6a.  Has anybody tested these
>>programs to see which one finds combinations the fastest.
>
>Fritz 6a is the fastest finder of all.
>
>Enrique
>
>>Len

That’s interesting considering F5.32 is at least 20% faster in terms of NPS.
Frans Morsch must have made some significant improvements in the search.

Incidentally, I did read the Cadaques Tournament Report.  When you said F6a was
the fastest program of all I thought you were comparing it to the other
tournament participants, and not to F5.32.  This clears it up for me.

What do you think about the positional strength of the programs? The report made
it clear that you feel Junior 6 is the best positional player.  How would you
rate the positional ability of the other participants from strongest to weakest?
 Also, do you think we have finally reached the point where the best programs
play master level (not IM or GM) positional chess?

Len



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