Author: stuart taylor
Date: 10:07:45 11/30/03
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On November 30, 2003 at 11:49:05, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On November 30, 2003 at 11:21:03, Mark Young wrote: > >>On November 30, 2003 at 11:02:26, George Sobala wrote: >> >>>Could Shredder's 3-fold draw bug have led us to underestimate its true strength? >>>How many games in e.g. series-of-200 that we have seen reported, has it in fact >>>thrown as draws by accidental repetition when it had won positions? >>> >>>(BTW I'm only semi-serious, for those near boiling point!) >> >>I can care less about titles... Give Fritz the title of world computer champ for >>what it is worth. >> >>It is clear when looking at the games that Shredder what the strongest program >>in the field. Not only that but did it running on only a 2 x 3.06 Ghz computer >>when Fritz was running on a Quad 2.8 Ghz machine. > >Quite an accomplishment and a tribute to Stefan's programming skills. A very minute difference. Very likely it would have been the exact same thing. I'm all FOR seeing one program to be clearly the best, and people seem to be saying that is what Shredder is. But the bonus of having achieved it with even less speed Is a very little factor over here, I think. The other way round might have been the same too. S.Taylor
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