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Subject: Re: Junior8, Fritz8 and Shredder7 predictions

Author: Christophe Theron

Date: 21:43:07 11/12/02

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On November 12, 2002 at 18:41:23, Alessandro Damiani wrote:

>On November 12, 2002 at 13:28:54, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On November 11, 2002 at 22:45:55, John Rice wrote:
>>
>>>On November 11, 2002 at 22:08:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 11, 2002 at 19:13:19, John Rice wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I realize these engines are not even available yet commercially, but I'm
>>>>>guessing they have been beta testing for some time. For those of you involved in
>>>>>the beta testing, or have access to beta results, which of these three engines
>>>>>do you expect to top the SSDF? With Deep Fritz 7 and Chess Tiger 15 added to the
>>>>>mix, how would you rank all five from top to bottom? Here is my guess:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. Shredder 7
>>>>>2. Fritz 8
>>>>>3. Chess Tiger 15
>>>>>4. Junior 8
>>>>>5. Deep Fritz 7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On what is based your guess? Crystal ball? Marijuana?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>
>>>Crystal ball and information I have read here, propaganda listed on the
>>>Chessbase website and tournament results listed on various chess sites.
>>>There just seems to be a lot of buzz about Shredder 7 so I picked it first.
>>>Fritz 8 has probably been tweaked just enough to edge out your Tiger. Junior 8
>>>needs to make up a lot of ground that it's predecessor gave up to reach the top.
>>>And since Deep Fritz 7 is the "oldest" of the bunch, and seems to be outmatched
>>>by your Tiger, I ranked it fifth.
>>
>>
>>
>>OK, so the answer to my question is definitely marijuana.
>>
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>I thought he added the version numbers of Shredder and Fritz, Junior and Deep
>Fritz: 7 + 8 = 15 = 8 + 7. Since Chess Tiger's version is >= 7 + 8 and <= 8 + 7
>it must be put in the middle to accomplish symmetry. And one can see the
>beautiful sequence of version numbers: 7, 8, 15, 8, 7. I couldn't do better. :))
>
>hehe
>
>Al




Frankly, I prefer your version. :)



    Christophe



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