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Subject: Re: Shredder 5.32 vs Fritz 6; Chessbase, Engine Match G/5 50 Games 25.5-24.5

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 21:41:26 07/21/01

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On July 21, 2001 at 23:32:39, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On July 21, 2001 at 23:28:00, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On July 21, 2001 at 23:09:18, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>What I found interesting was Shredder 5.32 vs Deep Fritz which is fundamentally
>>>the same as Fritz 6 with only minor differences.
>>>Deep Fritz pommeled Shredder 5.32 in G/5 but lost badly in a 10 game match at
>>>G/60, well Fritz 6 at the same T/C 10 game match nudged a small victory.
>>>
>>>
>>>Terry with the inclusion of Shredder 5.32, Chess Tiger 14.0 and Gambit Tiger II
>>>will have a better chance at getting either 1st or 2nd at the SSDF using the
>>>newer Athlon 1200 MHz, since Shredder 5.32 at standard time control seems to
>>>score pretty good against Deep Fritz, but not against the two BEASTS.
>>>
>>
>>PS: I just tested Shredder 5.32 vs Deep Fritz using my Athlon 800 MHz in a short
>>20 games match and the score ended W8 L6 D6 in favor of S5.32, but when I
>>tested Chess Tiger 14.0 vs Shredder 5.32 last week the score ended in favor of
>>Chess Tiger 14.0 by a small margin W9 L7 D4, and versus GT2 it ended
>>in favor of GT2 with a score of W7 L6 D7.
>
>I forgot to mentioned that the time control was not exactly standard, but game
>in 90 Minutes per side.
>
>>>Pichard.

It certainly appears Shredder 5.32 benefits from longer time controls.
I also suspect that it will do better than many programs with much faster
hardware as it appears to utilize it's _knowledge_ more effectively, thus
benefiting more than the _tactically_ based programs, IMO. The Tiger programs
notwithstanding.

Terry

Terry



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