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Subject: Re: Shredder 4 - Rebel Century Minimatch

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 21:11:26 12/28/99

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On December 28, 1999 at 20:15:52, Vicente Fernández wrote:

>Here I post the games of a minimatch between Rebel Century and Shredder 4, on
>two computers, one k6III-400, 128 ram, and the other a K6II-300, 128 ram.  Games
>in 30 minutes each, handled manually. Programs played alternating computers.
>Rebel Century play with its strongest settings plus antigrandmaster= smart, 60
>hash. Shredder played with 90 hash.
>	Frankly, I expected much more from Shredder 4. A 3.5-0.5 result for Rebel was
>too much for me, but then came the surprise. As far as I can see, Shredder's
>book needs improvement: The World Champion starts thinking when Rebel still has
>three or more moves on its book. And the evaluation... just see for yourselves:
>it just keeps jumping from +40 to - 1.40 and so on, while Rebel's is steady and
>reliable.  I don't know what's the matter with Shredder 4 (yes, I turned the
>commentary off etc. etc.), but it doesn't look like a World Champ in my
>machines. And considering the unsteady evaluations, I won't use it either for
>game analysis. Compared to Hiarcs 7.32, Rebel Century, Chessmaster 6000, Fritz 6
>(light), Fritz 5.32 or Junior 5, Shredder 4 's evaluation is a joke. Please,
>take a look at the games and to the jumpy evaluations. Compare them to the ones
>you get from Rebel Century and see the difference.
>Vicente F. Herrasti
>

Apparently you, like some others, underestimate Rebel.
And 4 games rapid chess is a) very few and b) not comparable with tournament
time control.



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