Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 04:45:55 03/27/02
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On March 27, 2002 at 06:02:18, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 27, 2002 at 05:45:51, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On March 26, 2002 at 20:54:16, Tanya Deborah wrote: >> >>>Of course, CONGRATULATIONS TO GM GULKO!! He played his last in great style and >>>beat Shredder in a very good game. >>> >>>I still think that Fritz is the best chess program to play against humans. For >>>me is the most complete chess program. >> >>I agree. >> >>The fact that the only program Gulko has beaten is a multiple computer chess >>champion implies that Shredder has been written from the ground up to play other >>computers, and not humans. >> >>Having said that, congratulations are certainly very much in order for GM Gulko! >>For any human to beat a top chess program these days (without prior access to >>opening book) is a REAL achievement - especially at medium time controls. >> >>-g > >I do not agree >I know that shredder has a specific code against trojan horse >sacrifices when fritz does not have it. > >I believe that fritz is simply a better program than shredder >and it is the reason that humans have problems against fritz. > >I guess that the reason that shredder wins almost >every world championship is better opening preperations >against specific computer opponents. > >Uri I think Stefan Meyer-Kahlen is better than the competitors at preparing for specific computer opponents, and I suspect it goes way beyond of opening preparation. He deserves all the extra points Shredder has got thanks to that. It would be nice to see Stefan operating Shredder against strong human opponents, to see if his abilities also work in this field. José.
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