Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:27:24 11/09/00
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On November 08, 2000 at 11:48:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. A stronger field but less games so a bigger margin of error. > > > >> >>>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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