Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 14:59:43 09/16/01
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On September 16, 2001 at 15:24:59, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >The recently published match result of 17.0-3.0 between TheKing 3.12 Utz10b vs >Shredder5 UCI played under ChessBase-GUI [40/40' on K6-2 533/32 MB hash] was >titled as sensational but a lot of people guessed there would something be >wrong. Although 95-98 % of the moves could be reproduced in the analysis mode >under the Shredder5-GUI the severe loss of Shredder5 seemed suspect. Mogens >Larsen assumed a problem with the WinBoard adapter used. And after all, I must >say he was right. I had played the match with the WB-adapter of 24th May 2001 >and this one should never be used with Shredder5 under CB-GUI. > >I repeated the match, this time using the WB-adapter of 23th November 2000 and >obtained the following results: > >P3 650/32 MB hash: TheKing 3.12 Utz10b - Shredder5 [10.5-9.5] 40/40' >K6-2 533/32 MB HT: TheKing 3.12 Utz10b - Shredder5 [11.5-8.5] 40'40' > >These results look very realistic since Shredder5 does not feel comfortabel on >the slow hardware. > >Important conclusion: NEVER USE THE WB-ADAPTER OF 23TH MAY 2001 WHEN PLAYING >WITH SHREDDER5 UNDER THE CB-GUI. Many thanks for the thorough testing procedure. Especially since I was too lazy to do it myself :-). I knew from experience that the May adapter messed things up with pondering enabled. Now there's some solid evidence that it isn't feeling too good without pondering either. Seemingly, something got fucked up during the process of expanding the workability with the UCI-WB. Not a great loss, since the added options are very insignificant compared to the importance of credible testresults. Regards, Mogens
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