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Subject: Re: IS IT LUCK

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 14:50:20 08/25/00

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On August 25, 2000 at 17:25:24, James T. Walker wrote:

>On August 25, 2000 at 16:52:39, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On August 25, 2000 at 16:38:03, walter irvin wrote:
>>
>>>is shredder that good or is it luck or just a combination of the two .i read a
>>>post by bruce that said 3 out of the last 4 .that is too good to be luck .so i
>>>must ask what does STEFAN know that every body else dont
>>>know???????????????????????????? its almost like shredder is getting bobby
>>>fischer like results .i never bought shredder ,but i guess now it is a must .its
>>>obviously the strongest you can get .
>>
>>Computer chess is like poker.  Of course it's luck, it's always luck, when you
>>talk about short tournaments like this.  But that's no reason to discount the
>>result.  The result is worth exactly what the result in these tournament is
>>always worth.
>>
>>bruce
>
>Lee Trevino once said when someone called him lucky "Yes but the more I
>practice, the luckier I get".  You will not be "Lucky" enough if you are not
>good enough to win it.  Just my opinion and yes, I'm afraid I will have to
>finally buy a copy of Shredder just so I can test it to find out what makes it
>so LUCKY.
>Jim

Lee Trevino got struck several times by lightning.  You might want to install a
lightning rod in your house when you buy Shredder.  You probably don't need to
though, but all that luck would make me nervous.

Pete



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