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Subject: Re: Conclusions?

Author: Javier Ros Padilla

Date: 08:31:16 04/21/03

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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,

your work is very good and everybody knows you are honest.

Best regards

            Javier Ros



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