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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