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Subject: Re: shredder7- result

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 18:11:15 12/15/02

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On December 15, 2002 at 10:16:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 14, 2002 at 17:38:57, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On December 09, 2002 at 10:10:29, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On December 09, 2002 at 04:01:38, Steve Maughan wrote:
>>>
>>>>As a result Shredder has always been
>>>>regarded as a positional player and not a tactician
>>>
>>>All my observations are based on Shredder 6 and Shredder Paderborn.
>>>
>>>Shredder is not bad in tactics. But it is slower than
>>>other professional engines.
>>>
>>>Whether this causes it to lose games by tactical shots is another
>>>matter. When you play positionally well it's not very likely that
>>>there is a 15 ply tactical shot if there is none at 14 ply.
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>Might this mean that when it DOES reach 15-ply, it will see more combinations
>>than another program that reaches the same ply count?
>
>No, you misinterpreted my comment.
>Shredder searches as deep as other programs. It just seems to
>miss a lot of shots and need *more* depth than other programs for them.
>
>My point was that is you already search very deep being a little
>behind on tactics is not that bad.
>
>--
>GCP

But it sees more of what leads to beneficial tactics!? (positionally)
S.Taylor



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