Author: Chessfun
Date: 17:52:37 11/10/00
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On November 10, 2000 at 11:51:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 09, 2000 at 20:13:56, Chessfun wrote: > >>On November 09, 2000 at 18:57:37, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>If Shredder 4.00 is really that strong which was never tested on the SSDF >>>then Shredder 5.00 claim is legitimate of being the strongest available P.C. >>>chess program >> >> >>You really should be more factual. >>Shredder 4 is on the list. Admitedly not as Shredder 4 but you have been >>reading this forum long enough to know as I do that it is there. Also this >>week games were actually posted in this forum of Shredder 4 whether this was >>identified as Shredder finally by mistake is the only unknown. >>http://site2936.dellhost.com/forums/1/message.shtml?137103 >> >>Any claim currently IMO by any program as being the strongest available >>PC program is wrong. It maybe ok to say estimated as being stronger than >>Fritz 6 or IMO stronger, but until I actually see the numbers posted by the SSDF >>I won't believe them. There is a difference is beating Fritz 6 than being the >>strongest overall after playing different programs. >> >>Sarah. > > >I believe you will find that _every_ program has its nemesis. It might win >> 60% against most programs. But there is almost always that _one_ program >that it loses consistently to, or that it doesn't do as well against as it >does against the others... > >You can take a group of programs, and by careful manipulation, pair them so >that program X wins most of the time. Because the "nemesis" program is put >into a place where it must play its nemesis before it plays the one that is >supposed to win. That is why small tournaments really don't tell the whole >story. It takes several, with totally different pairings, to reveal the >real 'winner'. I agree which was why I wrote the last line. Sarah.
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