Author: Chris Taylor
Date: 11:19:58 07/10/05
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On July 10, 2005 at 12:36:49, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >A couple of months ago I raved about the new Shredder 9. While I still think >that Shredder 9 is amazing, the new Fruit 2.1 seems to have opened my eyes with >regard to Shredder 9. While I was not quite sure how to account for Shredder >9's playing strength at the time I posted here, now things appear clearer to me: > Shredder 9 is the best *searcher* of all programs and its search was much >improved at the expense of "knowledge". My original idea was that Shredder's >author had coded more knowledge about space, tempi, some new extensions in the >Q-search etc., but Fruit 2.1 and its evident success against Shredder 9 in their >head-to-head battles on playchess.com have shown me that the secret of Shredder >is definitely in its search. How else would a simple, efficient deep-searching >program such as Fruit 2.1 (knowledge-wise simple:-)) manage to be in a dead-heat >race with Shredder 9 for spot #1? > >Any ideas? > > >Djordje Not too many ideas, its just, a good program! With all the authors of these engines - seeking the Holy Grail, it seem one has gotten a little closer! Too Many good results in its favour to say anything other than, a well written engine! I would like to see this on a really fast comp, playing against either, Srong Humans or Hydra! As for Shredder9, this is a good program as well. Watch out Shredder and all others, there is a new kid on the block! Chris
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