Author: Chessfun
Date: 02:01:06 12/30/03
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On December 30, 2003 at 02:00:20, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On December 29, 2003 at 14:26:19, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On December 29, 2003 at 13:23:33, Sandro Necchi wrote: >> >>>On December 29, 2003 at 12:46:47, Luis Smith wrote: >>> >>>>>I do agree too. >>>>> >>>>>Crafty has no realistic chances to win a WCCC. >>>>> >>>>>Sandro >>>> >>>>IMO only Bob can know this for sure. I think people either over estimate the >>>>commercials, or underestimate Crafty. After all at the WCCC's only 11 games >>>>were played, who knows what could have happened in that time, especially with >>>>the kind of hardware that Dr. Hyatt could get. >>> >>>No, Bob does not know this. >>>He is a "little outdated" on this matter. >>> >>>At the 2003 WCCC there were 3 favorites (Shredder, Fritz and Junior), 2 possible >>>outsiders (Brutus and Diep). >>> >>>Based on my experience I gave these chances, before the tournament started: >>> >>>Shredder 35% (because of the slower hardware) >>>Fritz 30% >>>Junior 25% >>>Brutus 7% >>>Diep 3% >>>rest 0% >> >>Sure, if only you posted that _before_ the tournament. :) [and Shredder has the >>most % _because_ of the slower hardware?) > >No, I did not posted this before the tournament, but I told this to a friend of >mine who asked me. > >To write things here is not fun as too many people will start criticize >immediately. I do not want to win discussion battles. I want to win on the >board. > >People that know me since many years, as I have been writing computer chess >articles on Italian magazines for more than 10 years, ask me and think I am >reliable. Hi Sandro, Your predictions in the past about Shredder 7 were reliable enough. Do you have any opinions on the new Shredder 8?. Will this be the same version that won the World Championship?. Sarah.
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