Author: James T. Walker
Date: 07:46:51 01/05/02
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On January 05, 2002 at 09:01:45, Sune Larsson wrote: >On January 05, 2002 at 08:42:32, Joe Binks wrote: > >>I have read a lot of premature trashing of Shredder 6 in this forum without any >>real evidence. Shredder 6 is very strong at blitz and I think the next SSDF list >>will show it to be stong at longer time controls. I expect there to be a few >>people around here with egg on their faces when the next list comes out. I also >>think that it will prove to be around 80 points stronger than Shredder 5.32 and >>Sandro Necchi will be vindicated. > > > >The top engines are very close and any of these can win tournaments. >Just have a look at the tourney below. Yes, the new Fritz 7.02 was playing. >40 moves in 2 hours. > > >NewEngines 2001 Germany 40/2 > > 1 2 3 4 > >1 Shredder 6 **** ½11½ ½½11 0110 8.0/12 >2 Chess Tiger 14. 0½00½ **** 1½10 1½½½ 6.0/12 >3 Junior 7 ½½00 0½01 **** 1½1½ 5.5/12 >4 Fritz 7 1001 0½½½ 0½0½ **** 4.5/12 > > >Sune It's true any of these programs can win a tournament (Including the WMCC). But these short tournaments only prove how unreliable it is to try to determine which engine is strongest and how strong. The SSDF will determine which is strongest under their test conditions only. Different hardware and different time controls will likely produce a different "Strongest" engine. Jim
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