Author: Albert Silver
Date: 22:09:09 06/25/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 00:25:34, Chessfun wrote:
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>>What is the best contender? Everyone here is going to have a different choice.
>>Someone made the statement of Shredder being the best.
I said it _could_ be the best against humans. See its results in the Israeli
league.
>Shredder is far from the
>>best against humans IMO.
>
>My choice is #7 but I now see votes for 4 and 5 so it's a little
>more complicated.
Sorry, but MY vote was done under the strictest scientific conditions requiring
the utmost *concentration* and *dexterity*. The process is simple: First, you
place all the participating numbers on individual pieces of paper (we can worry
about what those numbers represent later - when Bruce reveals all). Then you
take a COMPLETELY impartial witness and have them choose one. I took my infant
nephew, Felipe the Droolmeister. He plays chess too, just not the same way you
and I do. For the selection process to work, concentration is necessary to
guarantee the witness doesn't wander off or get distracted by surroundings such
as people making cooing sounds. Dexterity is necessary to ensure the results are
read before they are disposed of in the nearest mouth (invariably his). And the
result is an unwavering 5 (five). That's right! 5 (five)! Not Seven (7), not 4:
5 (five).
Or 6 (six). It can be hard to read after the special saliva treatment he gave
it. In any case it is absolutely unquestionably a 5. Or it's absolutely
unquestionably a 6. Well, whichever it is, it's absolutely unquestionable.
Albert
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>Sarah.
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