Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:54:00 04/17/01
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On April 17, 2001 at 08:39:27, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>On April 17, 2001 at 05:09:26, Marcus Kaestner wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>>On the other hand, there have been several major releases of several other major
>>>chess programs. It is highly probable that some of them is better than Shredder.
>>
>>of course. MUCH better!
>>
>>>
>>>But remember that the company which sells Shredder has forbidden the SSDF to
>>>publish any result of this program.
>>>
>>>This is where the twist is. If Shredder had been tested, most probably he would
>>>not top the list. And today the idea that Shredder should play Kramnik would
>>>seem highly biased.
>>>
>>>But thanks to Mr Weiner and his disinformation skills, we know close to nothing
>>>about the real strength of this program.
>>>
>>>Promoting Shredder as the only logical opponent, which it is of course not, is
>>>just like endorsing this disinformation campaign.
>>
>>That´s a VERY strong argument, nobody can wipe away.
>>
>>btw: th most logical thing would be that the winner of the wccc 2001 has to play
>>kramnik just after the wccc tournament. all other constructions are a piece of
>>crap.
>>
>>marcus
>
>I would fully agree with this logics if there would have been a wcc2001
>planned. There isn't.
>
>But there is a cool international CSVN tournament 18-20 may
>where as far as i know everyone joins. My hope is that also
>shredder joins this time!
>
>Of course there are some counter arguments against this tournament
>also. It's just 90 0 level, which is not really comparable with 40 in 2
>level.
>
>However this is no problem for me!
>
>I'm looking forward to this tournament!
I agree with you Vincent.
I think the time control is OK (after all it is like playing game in 3 hours
with one year and a half hardware).
I hope Shredder will show itself.
Christophe
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