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Subject: Re: future comp world champion

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 06:47:37 10/15/00

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On October 15, 2000 at 09:31:30, walter irvin wrote:

> over last few years Shredder has totally dominated the world championship .now
>there seems to be a new force to be delt with (Tiger)it is not standing by like
>some of the others .here is my take on a few of the so called better programs.
>stars indicate how much i feel programs will be improved by next wcc
>1.tiger           = *******

Agreed.

>2.shredder        = *****

Add up 1 or 2 stars.

>3.hiarcs          = *

If Mark would come back...

>4.fritz           = ***

You must be kidding.

>5.crafty          = ****
>6.junior          = **
>7.nimzo           = *
>8.rebel           = ****
>9.CM              = *
>
>in this field if you stand on your past you have no future .thats what happened
>to programs like M-CHESS .at one time they were great but they failed to keep up
>with all the improvements so were left behind .thats also why Rebel is still
>there after all this time .if the faster improvements by tiger will be enough to
>over take shredder remains to be seen ,i believe shredder had a head start of
>100 elo over field .

No way. Great as it is, Shredder is not above the best of the field, much less
by 100 points.

Enrique



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