Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 05:10:53 04/21/03
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On April 21, 2003 at 07:59:22, Manfred Meiler wrote:
>On April 21, 2003 at 07:24:17, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On April 21, 2003 at 06:39:54, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>I would say that if this result of atleast (over) 50% for all its matches is
>>>from every pre-planned test (and nothing was taken out because it didn't look
>>>good for Shredder 7.04, or if 50 games didn't give best result to it, and then
>>>another 50 being added etc)
>>, then I would conclude that Shredder 7.04 is clearly
>>>at the top of them all, in playing strength. Oh! sorry! I mean, as long as Fritz
>>>8008 (and the others) does less good on average than that.
>>> On second thought, therefore, it's not yet conclusive, (my verdict) if it
>>>wasn't all play all.
>>> But if yes, and Shredder still always keeps that minimum margin, then that's
>>>excellent, and my main question is............
>>>
>>> Is that Shredder AS good in tactics AND/OR strategy/knowledge as the best of
>>>them, or is it still slightly weaker in one respect or more?
>>>S.Taylor
>
>>
>> Do you really think that we have cheated to prove something? I am indeed
>> disappointed about this statement. It looks as if you do not like at all
>> Shredder704 and would prefer to see another engine at top. We [Rolf Bühler
>> and myself are not testers for SMK or ChessBase] and our only interest is
>> to find out how strong the latest engines are, thus contributing a bit to
>> bring light in the jungle of computer chess. As to strategy/knowledge of
>> Shredder704 you can look a the CSS-WM-Test.
>> Kurt
>
>
>Hi Kurt,
>
>don't be disappointed too much. You know such things sometimes happen -
>especially in chess newsgroups...
>
>Let me say: The test efforts of Rolf and you are great and very appreciated.
>Why should someone like you do so much testings ? Only to bring a special engine
>at the top ? That's ridicolous.
>Please continue our interesting tests !
>
>Best regards to Switzerland,
>Manfred
Hi Manfred
Many thanks for your nice words.
Kurt
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