Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 12:28:59 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 14:52:22, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 08:53:45, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>Shredder won the WMCCC, and even if there is an important luck factor in any 9 >>rounds event, the fact that it won for the second consecutive time, together >>with the quality of its games, makes quite clear that sheer luck was not the >>reason for Shredder's success. In my opinion, Shredder is the strongest in the >>endgame and, together with Junior, has probably the best evaluation functions of >>all programs. On the other hand, it lacks the search speed of Fritz, Tiger, >>Nimzo and The King. Overall, I think that Shredder is clearly one of the very >>best chess engines. > >Yes, you are correct. >> >>In London, Fritz and Shredder have been the only undefeated programs, and the >>only ones, together with Nimzo, that played the strongest possible opponents. >>Shredder and Fritz have also been the only programs that from the first until >>the last day of the tournament were on top. Claiming any sort of superiority of >>one over the other based on half a point difference is, in my opinion, unfair to >>Fritz and the greatest nonsense I read here in CCC. >> >>My guess about the final outcome was Fritz, Junior and Shredder, although I >>wasn't sure at all about the order. >> >>Shortly before London, I played these games with Shredder 4.22 on 2 P600E >>machines with 256MB RAM and the same WMCCC time controls. S4.22 beat neatly the >>other 2 betas I made it play against, by 6-0 in one of the matches. The overall >>results were great, and the final Shredder 5 will be even better, I'm sure of >>it. Enjoy. > >Yes, but you did not have our new opening book which we use at the tournament. >Unfortunately 9 games are not enough to show all the potential, but the new >commercial version will. >I am the opening book maker. I know you know me. Hi Sandro, Of course I know you! I didn't know you had anything to do with Shredder. This is a guarantee that Shredder will have a great opening book, and certainly better than the one I used. By the way, do you live in Toscana? Stefan spent his vacation time in there, so I guess that maybe... Any news from Marty? Did he give up on Mchess? Enrique >Sandro Necchi >> >>Enrique
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