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Subject: Re: Shredder is King !

Author: Sergei Smith

Date: 08:08:01 03/15/02

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On March 15, 2002 at 03:36:16, James T. Walker wrote:

>On March 14, 2002 at 14:00:23, Sergei Smith wrote:
>
>>On March 14, 2002 at 08:36:21, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On March 14, 2002 at 07:49:26, Sergei Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hooray Shredder whipped The King !
>>>>or
>>>>Hooray The King was whipped by Shredder !!
>>>>
>>>>The King played at top strength in the most favorable circumstances while
>>>>Shredder wasn't.
>>>>
>>>>80 games ain't much to say something conclusive but the result is conclusive :
>>>>DeepShredderIBUCI - The King 75.5 - 4.5
>>>>DeepShredderIBUCI is DeepShredder (Millenium) +UCI2WB by R.Pfister +InBetween
>>>>+WB2UCI by Odd Gunner
>>>>Thanks to T.DchenkA for the tip about this combination of adapters.
>>>>
>>>>I'm happy I won't need to doubt anymore about using the King or not.
>>>>The reason is that I hate to keep the huge CM8000 files on my hard disk just to
>>>>extract the OPK number in order to run The King in other GUI's while the superb
>>>>Shredder UCI GUI is just a few MB all told.
>>>>
>>>>It also implies that the way my current OS is set up reflects the true strength
>>>>of chess programs. Shredder won all championships while the King team, because
>>>>of commercial reasons, refused to take part in them in order not to lose their
>>>>repute.
>>>>
>>>>Shredder deserves the title "King of Progs" and my OS is A-OK
>>>>I toiled over my OS more than 2 years and I would't dream about reverting to
>>>>WindoZe or another Linux/QNX-like OS
>>>
>>>If anyone out there believs this post, I have a bridge I would like to sell you.
>>>Jim
>>
>>Why wouldn't you ? Make with the bridge.
>>Just like Linux to which it is closely related, my OS is UNIX based with a
>>compatibility layer that allows you to run Win32 apps. All common Win 32 apps
>>are running well but there is no VB support and it will not be implemented
>>because of philosophical reasons.
>>It can be installed right on top of DOS or right on top of the Windows kernel
>>without partitioning.
>>It supports the Opera 6.0 browser and also has a smaller native browser.
>>I use chess software mainly to test the compatibility layer of my main project
>>and the bench marks so far are better than can be expected under WindoZe.
>>The installation requires of course a few DOS commands just like any common
>>Linux distro but once the OS is started you do not need any DOS commands
>>anymore. I toiled away like mad over this project for more than 2 years, so I
>>wouldn't blow it off.
>
>I don't care what you have toiled with or for how long.  If you have Shredder 6
>beating CM8K by the score you posted you definitely have something way out of
>kilter.  Your score indicates that Shredder is 500 ELO better than CM8K and
>there is no program in the world that is 500 ELO better than CM8K.  You have
>screwed up something very bad to get those results.
>Jim

Maybe you should try this combination of adapters yourself and you'll see the
King is a 3-d degree winboard.proggy compared with Shredder.
My OS is 100% fool-proof, I'm sure



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