Author: Ingo Althofer
Date: 07:11:33 11/05/97
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On November 05, 1997 at 08:15:23, Bruce Moreland wrote: I want to apologize for my comment on Shredder's strength in Blitz chess. I did not intend to give a bad review of Shredder. But I have to admit that certain observations from several sources had brought me to the opinion that Shredder might be not this strong in Blitz. To give you some insights: (a) In the manual of Shredder I it is said that Shredder is stronger in long time games than in Blitz. (b) If you as a human play Blitz against Shredder according to the internal clock of Shredder you will be able to beat it by time! This is a total exception among the top commercial programs. Thanks to Stefan for designing its clock mechanism this honestly. However, I got the very wrong impression that a program which loses on time on its own clock can not be this strong. Of course this is nonsense ... (c) In almost all media it was said that Shredder is not strong in Blitz. I became accustomed to ( or brainwashed by ) this --- which led to my remark in the afterthoughts. To make it clear, I never played any Blitz games with Shredder against other programs, so I do not really know about its Blitz strength relative to other programs. My personal score in Blitz against Shredder ( with the internal clock of Shredder ) is +3 =0 -8. I learned in game 8 that Shredder might lose according to its own clock and was able to get two more wins in games 9 and 11. In all the other games I was mated. On November 02, 1997 at 06:51:04, Ingo Althofer wrote: >> .... 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 During my 3-Hirn match against GM Yusupov in Shuffle Chess Shredder 1.5 was one of the programs ( with k-best mode ) which I used. And Shredder was a strong part in this 3-Hirn. Apologies again for giving a wrong impression. Ingo Althoefer.
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