Author: Ingo Althofer
Date: 07:16:35 11/05/97
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On November 05, 1997 at 10:11:33, Ingo Althofer wrote: Sorry. My design of the original posting gave the wrong impression that Bruce Moreland had posted something which was my comment. The problem is that I can not write comfortably within my text browser "lynx". >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. Bruce Moreland wrote: >>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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