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Subject: Re: shredder 5 not the best

Author: Chris Taylor

Date: 07:30:22 11/10/00

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On November 09, 2000 at 18:24:34, Chessfun wrote:

>On November 09, 2000 at 12:43:36, Marcus Kaestner wrote:
>
>>On November 09, 2000 at 12:38:07, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>On November 09, 2000 at 10:57:38, Marcus Kaestner wrote:
>>>
>>>>stop! i claimed better than fritz 6, not 6a or 6b!
>>>>in the chessbits-rating list he is 117 points above fritz6!
>>>>we do not divide into f6 and f6a and f6b. the games of f6 and f6a are melted
>>>>together. i´m not happy with that, but it was not possible to handle in another
>>>>way, because fritz saves his games only under fritz 6 and not f6a.
>>>
>>>Don't you know when you installed the Fritz 6a patch?
>>>
>>>Mogens.
>>
>>that are not only my games. also my testers games. at the beginning i was able
>>to separate. but there came a point it was no longer possible to figure out.
>>
>>:-((((
>>
>>bad, indeed. but blame chessbase that they are not able to save with the correct
>>name.
>>
>>marcus
>
>
>It is infact relatively simple to figure out.
>If you check the current date of your F6 engine that will tell you if it is F6a
>or F6b.
>
>Assuming you upgraded to 6a when it was issued which was Jan 23 all games prior
>to that date are with F6 old or light (same thing). All games after were with 6a
>or 6b. which apparently are the same engine with additional tablebase support
>with 6b.
>
>As 6a and 6b seem relatively the same strength wise while 6a, 6b are far
>superior to the 6.
>
>You could also have done like I and others did which was rename the files with a
>hex editor so that the pgn actually reads correctly without having to change it.
>
>Your using the original F6 does an injustice to the totals as does using Deep
>Junior on a superior processor when it naturally has played more games against
>some programs than others.
>
>That alone leaves me doubting all the ratings I see there.
>
>Thanks.
>Sarah.

Although my copy of Fritz still says F6, I change the pgn header with a simple
cut and paste.  i have not changed anything with a Hex editor.  Like Sarah said,
you can tell which Fritz it is by the date!

No need to mix the games of Fritz.

Chris



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