Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:48:06 11/08/00
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On November 08, 2000 at 01:59:24, Harald Faber wrote: >On November 07, 2000 at 09:48:43, Shanti wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Shredder 5 played 1 tournament and won (world championship) and it wasn't the >>future release Shredder 5 but a beta version (Shredder 4 just won CCT2). >> >>Though GT is no weak program I think Shredder has proven itself to be a very >>strong program winning tournaments consistently. >> >>Shanti > > >No doubt, but that does not answer the question whether Shredder5 is the >strongest program available. Although, referring to the author, Shr5 isn't >available yet so it can't be the strongest prog available. :-) >Even if it were, this one Championship does not prove it, not enough games. Even >the two wins of Gambit Tiger in France and NL aren't enough. >Concerning the way how Shredder5 won the WCh, just look how GT won the other two >Chpships... > Yes... but then look at the overall strength of all the opponents in all the tournaments you are looking at. The WMCCC had a stronger field by a big margin. > >>On November 07, 2000 at 08:18:52, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>Based on tournament results, Gambit Tiger is because GT won *2* championships so >>>far against other top programs in a *decent* way.
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