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

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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