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Subject: Re: Paris Some Afterthoughts on the Blitz Tournament

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 05:15:23 11/05/97

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On November 02, 1997 at 06:51:04, Ingo Althofer wrote:

>o   A good operator ( concentrated, familiar with the program. fast
>    in moving the pieces and beating the chess clock ) is an important
>    factor in Blitz computer chess. This may partly explain why
>    Shredder was so successful, although it is in general a slow
>    program. Even in its manual you find a sentence like "Don't expect
>    too much in Blitz chess. Shredder is better in games under
>    tournament conditions ( 40/2 ). The key point is that Stefan
>    Meyer-Kahlen is an operator of professional calibre... Maybe
>    his operating skills are good for 20 percent of Shredder's points.

This has come to be a typical comment about Shredder.

If Shredder has a good result, a reason must be found, since it can't be
anything to do with the program itself.

I don't know why people are so intensely interested in picking on
Stefan, I have never read a good review of Shredder.

bruce



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