Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 04:35:05 02/20/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 14:34:23, Len Eisner wrote: >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? In my opinion, Junior 6 and Shredder 4 are the best positional players. Ranking them all is something I can't do. > Also, do you think we have finally reached the point where the best programs >play master level (not IM or GM) positional chess? I don't know what you mean by master level, but I guess that the very best are getting close to 2600. It is only a guess, intuitive, moody and erratic. Let's say 2500 +- 200... :) We don't have hard proof one way or the other. Enrique >Len
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