Author: Jim Bond
Date: 11:37:48 05/03/03
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On May 03, 2003 at 14:07:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On May 03, 2003 at 13:44:27, Jim Bond wrote: > >>On May 03, 2003 at 10:32:08, George Wilson wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>> After playing Shredder 7.04 against Several Strong programs on two separate >>>computers I am very "Impressed" . I wonder though what distinguishes this >>>program from the other top programs, what gives it the edge in playing strength? >>> I think it is shredders fantastic endgame prowness. All six of the games it won >>>against century 4 was in the endgame, however rebel seemed to play even with it >>>tactically in all the middlegames >> >>This could be partly due Shredder's ability to probe ending game table base. I >>tend to find that, in its analysis window, the tb numbers are much bigger than >>other engines. > >I disagree >Bigger is not better. > >I did not check your theory but if shredder probes ending tablebases more than >other programs then it suggests that shredder has not knowledge that it can >trust without tablebases. > >A program with knowledge is not going to probe tablebases in a lot of tablebases >positions because calculating the winner by knowledge is faster. > >Uri Calculating the winner by knowledge may be faster but is it more accurate than tablebase? I am afraid not. The table base is a superset of conventional theory or knowledge. It is an oracle. Shredder might be going for accuracy as oppose to speed. Jim
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