Author: Slater Wold
Date: 13:39:11 07/10/02
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On July 10, 2002 at 15:48:57, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 10, 2002 at 12:42:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On July 10, 2002 at 11:27:09, Jorge wrote: >> >>>Even though they are not participating in WCCC, let's not forget the Tigers, >>>which are quite close to Fritz's strength level, give or take. Oh- there is also >>>Hiarcs8 to contend with of course. >> >>Neither of those programs have dual capability, which is (IMHO) why >>they are not participating. >> >>No Gandalf, Rebel, Tiger, Hiarcs, ... >> >>See a pattern? > >Shredder already won the world championship some years ago inspite of >not having that capabuility. > >Fritz3 also did it. Back when SMP wasn't _nearly_ as common as it is now. >The advantage of the dual is only a small advanatge(clearly less than the >advantage that shredder or Fritz had to play against in the past). When you talk about Tiger, or Rebel, or Fritz, or HIARCS, you're talking about a handful of programs all 20 Elo (IMO of course) of each other. That small advantage you speak of doesn't seem so small then. >I do not believe that this small advantage is the reason that they do not play. I believe it's not the *reason*, but I do believe it is a "factor". >Uri
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