Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:56:47 11/09/00
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On November 09, 2000 at 06:27:24, Harald Faber wrote: >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. > not exactly. 4 wmccc events is > 32 games. Far more than either of the other two tournaments discussed. > >> >> >> >>> >>>>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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