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Subject: Re: Shredder Still Number One

Author: Rex

Date: 22:38:56 11/23/03

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On November 23, 2003 at 20:49:01, Earl Fuller wrote:

>Losing a game to Fritz or any other program doesn't mean Shredder is still not
>number one !  Watching round 3, Fritz vs Shredder today, Shredder got itself
>into time trouble, "or the operator did", it would appear that the operators may
>have changed the allotted time to think and had Shredder make moves quicker to
>help with the time trouble, maybe !?  The reason i say that is only because how
>fast Shredder started moving in a very complex position when everyone including
>comps, thought Shredder had pulled out a miracle draw!. It would appear that the
>game could have been drawn, then Shredder made some bad moves very quickly,
>so____just an opinion
>In either case, no matter what may have happened, Shredder is still the
>strongest program out their, SSDF has Shredder 52 pts ahead of Fritz. But, of
>course in the world of chess programs, that could change at anytime.
>Earl

Sorry but here we go again.  The WCCC is based on a given amount of games.  Each
program that participates in the WCCC agrees upon the amount of games played
ect.  This means that there could be 1 possible winner.  The winner will then
hold the title of the WCCC.  This winner can say YES I AM THE WORLD COMPUTER
CHESS CHAMPION and has the right to say I WAS THE STRONGEST program during the
WCCC.  PERIOD.  Just because Shredder is 52 pts ahead of Fritz and could very
well be the strongest program out, does NOT automatically claim World Chess
Champ.  SSDF is just a bench mark of programs. WCCC is an official Title.  The
WCCC has BETTER market value that even the adverage chess program would LOVE to
win, and could during the WCCC. 1st place is just that, better than second and
second is the first to lose.



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