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Subject: Re: 1.CSTal2.03 vs. Shredder8 ?

Author: Chessfun

Date: 04:06:52 02/02/04

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On February 02, 2004 at 04:20:11, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>On February 01, 2004 at 21:30:19, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>"it's unbelievable that CSTal is still competitive."
>>
>>It depends on what you consider competitive.  If you mean it will score about
>>30% vs Shredder 8 then yes it's competitive.  If you mean it will sometimes win
>>then yes it's competitive.  If you mean it's Elo rating in any organized testing
>>such as SSDF would be approximately the same then no it's not close.
>>Jim
>
>don't you think 15.Bxh6 and 17.Rd3 are very obvious moves ??

Neither is obvious. Not many programs will play either of them.

Humans may see 15. Bxh6 as a possibility but with 17. Rd3 to me as a human
pushing either g or h pawn or Bd3 seem more likely.

Sarah.




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