Author: Marcus Kaestner
Date: 14:20:25 08/30/00
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>>>I believe that the programmer of shredder knows exactly which versions of >>>shredder you do not have. >> >>then believe... >> > >You are quite possibly writing yourself into trouble you know, because if >neither you nor Stefan are lying, then you obtained a copy of the latest version >illegally. I haven't noticed you mention that you claimed Stefan had sent it to >you, only that you had tested it. so ask yourself why he does not open a court-case. > > >>>>so if i do not have the stuff i must be a wizard to predict all the things >>>>correctly. each year. >>> >>>You were lucky. >> >>yes, of course. as in the past tournaments i was also lucky. >>and shredder also was lucky last year and this year two times. >> >>all only luck. > >Any prediction on the outcome of a 9 round Swiss, in which several players of >similar strength are participating, involves a good deal of luck. Kudos to >Stefan for winning the title, but it could easily have been otherwise. Look at >the games. of course you need luck. but if you have this luck again and again and again, there must be a pattern, no? > >As for Shredder's endgame play, I think it is at a higher level than its >opponents. It didn't save its game against Rebel through luck. It's ability to >save that game wasn't due to some magic 'swindle' algorithm, but due to superior >knowledge that allowed it to create saving possibilities. Had Rebel had the that´s it what is called "to swindle". creating holes to escape if the opponent makes not the correct move. >same >knowledge, it would have won, but it didn't (no offense, Ed). >This is also how some GMs 'swindled' Junior in the endgame in Dortmund. No luck >involved, they just did it better. i´ve never said that shredder was a lucky winner. i know his abilities very well. he is the best defender of lost positions, but not the best endgameplayer anymore. a short example (only for understanding): let play shredder versus rebel or tiger from the same lost position: shredder will hold many of the games, tiger a few, rebel not one. let them play with a slightly better position: rebel will win the most, tiger will defend the most, but will also have the most draws while attacking. shredder is in the middle. let them play an equal position: rebel will win the most, tiger will draw the most, shredder will have not as many points as the others. that´s the difference. i hope you now understands better what i mean. marcus
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