Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 13:01:58 08/28/00
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On August 28, 2000 at 15:50:23, Marcus Kaestner wrote: >>Obviously it is not the worst book. It's a very well tested book. >>Only superseeded by the Kure book and Noomen preparation. >> >>I found Noomen prepared the best for the WMCC. Because of the many >>fritz interfaces and not having the worst engines, >>Kure scored however most points on book. Also the fact that many >>books at WMCC still relied heavily on automatically generated books >>favours Kure a lot. > >with a good book you also should not come into lost line. the kure book was the >only one not to be surprised by a direct win. > >> >>The Shredder book doesn't kill you like those books do. However instead >>it allows you to slowly die into a position where shredder will play well. >> >>Also don't forget that when preparing a shredder book you CAN allow shredder >>to play a few moves on its own, Kure hardly can't. He's not allowed to >>use a real good engine with his book! > >but don´t forget that this helps nothing when the position is directly lost. > >>>>>Which program had the worst middlegame? >>>>>Which program was the best in the endgame? Shredder 5.0 >> >>>yes, but even close rebel and tiger. >> >>Not near to that. Shredder ruled in the endgame by a large margin, >>no one even getting close. > >i disagree. rebel can outplay shredder in the endgame regularely. >and rebel can defend an endgame very well, if it is defendable. >the difference is: shredder is able to hold totally lost positions. he is the >best "swindler". > >no other program has this ability. > >in "normal" endgames tiger and rebel are more than competitable. I don't understand. If it is "totally lost" it is even harder to hold the draw, isn't it? Stefan [snip]
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