Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:02:10 09/16/01
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On September 16, 2001 at 17:06:14, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. > > > >A naive question: why don't you just assume that The King is stronger than >Shredder instead of calling for some obscure reason related to time controls? > > > Christophe Hi Christophe Well, frankly spoken, I cannot say for sure that The King is stronger than Shredder5, because the number of games is still too small. Kurt > > > > > >>Important conclusion: NEVER USE THE WB-ADAPTER OF 23TH MAY 2001 WHEN PLAYING >>WITH SHREDDER5 UNDER THE CB-GUI. >> >>Regards >>Kurt
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