Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:28:04 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 04:09:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On April 28, 2004 at 19:25:34, ERIQ wrote: > >>On April 28, 2004 at 14:30:13, Chris Taylor wrote: >> >>>The latest and greatest did really well, in the last computer contest. So, will a Windows version (XP or lesser) be made ready for buying? >> >>amazing! there is one buyer :) >> >>>I have my credit card ready? I can even send a postal order, or cheque! >> >>wow!! >> >>>It will make a nice addition to an already growing pile of Chess Stuff! >> >>not sure why?! but to each his own. >> >>IMO. diep couldn't beat it's way out of a paper bag in the middle of a rain >>storm, what would be the purpose in buying it? > >The recent tournaments have shown that Shredder is one leap ahead of all other >engines. I also know this based on my own experiments, as Shredder 8 is the only >engine that consistently scores above 50% against Falcon in my tests. That is a red flag. If Shredder is the _only_ engine that beats you in your tests, I'd personally be very concerned that my testing is badly flawed. IE if you can consistently beat fritz, you are doing something nobody else (except perhaps shredder) is doing... > >With that in mind, Diep's victory against Shredder is even more remarkable. Diep >might have also scored against Hydra, had Erdogan's book hadn't knocked out Diep >already in the opening stage. > >With a good book Diep might even pull off some surprises in the upcoming WCCC in >Israel, especially since it is not running on a massive parallel dinosaur that >apparently did it more harm than benefit in Graz. > > >>save you money and get crafty, you'll feel better afterwards :) > >Crafty is a great engine, and it is free. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't >be interested in other grandmaster-strength programs.
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