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Subject: Re: FRC-rankinglist: Shredder 8 final result !

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 15:49:01 02/08/04

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On February 08, 2004 at 10:25:14, Chessfun wrote:

>On February 08, 2004 at 06:32:35, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On February 08, 2004 at 03:10:34, Stefan Pohl wrote:
>>
>>To me, this is a fascinating subject, and very fundementally important.
>>
>>But, how great is Shredder 8, according to this FRC list?
>>
>>Does it mean much that Shredder is in first place?
>>
>>Why?
>>
>>Because Hiarcs 9 is known to be only mediocre, and even H9 comes very close, and
>>could have been top.
>
>Do you know anything about computer chess?
>Do you own any of these engines you make reference to in this post?
>
>>OK, so let's say that Hiarcs is especially strong in FRC, more than in normal
>>chess. But the Fritz is 8005! and that has long been known to have been
>>considerably weaker than 8008.
>
>Please supply info, re: where you get this reference and what the use of the
>word "considerably" means in terms of rating points?

I'm refering to what has been overwhelmingly proven/posted in CCC during the
past year or more. Anything which seems to be missing in my understandings, you
are welcome to correct.

>
>>Therefore, it would make sense to infer from all this, that Shredder is not much
>>stronger if at all, than its predescessor (even though against its predescessor
>>it got 68%, but it is obvious it would do well against that).
>
>>Actually, talking of offending people in this forum (and CTF), I would wonder if
>>posts like this are considered offensive. Just because freedom is given, might
>>not mean that the programmers and promoters of the program are so happy about
>>implied citiscicms in public.
>> But isn't this what the forum is for? Still, I was wondering if for them it's
>>"suffer in silence" but that they feel a grudge against posters of posts like
>>mine, above.
>
>I don't think posts like this are considered offensive, as they simply make the
>poster look like a fool. If I were you I'd stick to CTF where you seem to have
>found a home. As here it would seem your thinking isn't quite normal and you're
>making too much of an effort to sound intelligent.

Tell me he truth......aren't I improving? (shhhhh)
>
>Sarah.

Sarah,
Reacting to my comments the way you do, doesn't contribute to making YOU seem
intelligent.
If you have nothing more intellectual to express however, I wouldn't want to
spoil your enjoyment!
Obviously, If you would like to answer a little bit more to the point, I might
be interested in reading it!
S.Taylor



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