Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:18:04 08/27/00
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On August 27, 2000 at 07:48:35, Martin Hasse wrote: >On August 27, 2000 at 06:55:13, Uri Blass wrote: >>I agree that Shredder did not choose good lines objectively but it is also >>important to choose lines that you know how to play and it is possible that with >>different lines Shredder could get better position out of book but get worse >>results. >>I guess that it is what Wolfgang suggests. > >you should never forget that it is not important with WHICH evaluation >a program leaves book. it is important what it can make against opponent A >out of the position. > >i have seen many programs leave book with a minus score but play >pretty well against opponent A in that line. i would call such an opening >a GOOD line when it results in a win by good play. > > > > >>I think that it was better for Shredder if he said nothing because the result of >>Shredder was impressive and it suggests that shredder is the best program to >>buy(ignoring opening books) because it got the first place inspite of bad book >>lines. > >correct ! > >but we discuss shredders book-performance. what about rebel/rebel-tigers >opening-book performance? > > >>If wolfgang is right then it suggests that probably the Shredder engine is not >>better than Fritz and Shredder won because of better opening preperation (book >>that helped shredder to get positions that it knows to play). > >difficult sentence of yours , i don#t understand the meaning. could you make >it clearer ?! I see that I confused the names and it should be if sandru is right. What I meant is that better opening preperation for shredder suggests that shredder is not better than Fritz because it had book that helped it better to get positions that it knows to play. People usually buy programs to analyze and if shredder won because of better book it suggests that Shredder is not better than Fritz for analysis. Uri
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