Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 09:34:41 04/18/03
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On April 18, 2003 at 12:25:46, Harald Faber wrote:
>On April 18, 2003 at 05:54:30, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On April 18, 2003 at 04:46:03, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>Has anybody tested Fritz 8.008 vs Shredder 7.04 using Shredder.ctg? I know that
>>>several people have done different matches between Fritz 8.008 vs Shredder 7.04
>>>both programs using their own books, but I believe that the Shredder.ctg book is
>>>much stronger than Fritz8.ctg which is responsible for most of Shredder 7 or
>>>7.04 wins against Fritz 8.008.
>>>
>>>Pichard
>>
>>I do not believe in this theory.
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>
>This should be nor issue of belief. ;-)
>
>
>>Many people however argue that the
>>Shredder7.bkt under Shredder-Classic-GUI would be better than the
>>Shredder7.ctg.
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>Sandro once stated that he developped the book for Shredder classic and somehow
>this has been imported into ctg. Due to the fact that ctg does not provide the
>same move preferences as the bkt does, there MUST be differences in the ctg so
>that it is clear that the differences let Shredder suffer in CB-GUI.
>On the other hand the book learning in CB-GUI - excellent implementation as
>Christophe Theron already found out - might be superior to the book learning in
>Shredder classic.
>So absurd it sounds, it is very likely that Shredder CB with worse book lines
>performs better in SSDF than Shredder classic with good book lines, only due to
>superior learning.
>That is why I dislike long match series, the learning influence can falsify the
>result a lot!
>
>
>>And what about testing yourself in order to get an answer?
>>Kurt
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>
>Kurt, this is a consumer's society, noone really wants to do anything himself.
>;-)
Hi Harald
Well spoken ... that's live and especially the normal thing in
computer chess.
Kind regards
Kurt
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