Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 13:28:04 12/15/01
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Just for the record: there is no sense in this match. Why do I do it? Answer: because I can. Every kid wants to play with his new toys ;) I find it nice to see how a program plays, and to see if I can discover a style - or flaws for that matter. Maybe other people do the same, and the games might be interesting to them. That's all. The message wasn't intended to tell anything about the strenghts, but more about comparing playing style. I don't think much has changed. About the results: I think they're awfully close, and I didn't expect something else. In the first stage of the tournament Shredder 5 ran away quite easily from S6, so it could have been the reverse. Based on this results only, for blitz 3,0 the rating difference in this match was about 17 or 18 points. In my opinion that is: equally strong in this match. The "werbung" from Chessbase says SMK has improved some algorithms. Maybe Shredder 6 works relatively better at longer time controls. I won't check it, I need my PC :)) Here's a situation from a game where I doubted to adjudicate: [D]6k1/6p1/4K1P1/3B4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 142 S6 won this game because S5 forfeited on time. In principle black still can win, as the black pawn will promote on the right square - or better: white has the wrong bishop. But which white player will go wrong here? And furthermore: which white player will be able to mate black here? I think it's a draw, but technically speaking black could still win, so - I let it. Maybe people here more familiar with adjudication have different opinions. If you would declare it a draw - there goes another point difference... J.
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