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Subject: Re: S8 and Deep Position Analysis

Author: William Penn

Date: 12:57:39 03/01/04

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On March 01, 2004 at 14:40:29, Stephen Ham wrote:

>On March 01, 2004 at 14:06:15, William Penn wrote:
>
>>Due to a unique bug in Shredder 7 and Shredder 8, its analysis is unreliable.
>>Only the first move can be trusted. Forget the rest! Sometimes it's OK, but
>>often it's garbage, or somewhere in-between. If you want reliable analysis,
>>choose a different engine (not Shredder).
>>WP
>
>Dear William,
>
>I suspect that you misread my post. Yes, in Shredder 7 & 8, only the PV is
>reliable. This is true for some other engines too. For example, I noticed this
>in my matches with Friz 6a and Nimzo 7.32.
>(http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/ham.htm). But the a-pawn losing
>move that was second in move-ordering was the PV of the second line of the move
>ordering sequence.
>
>All the best,
>Stephen

Sorry, I don't know anything more about that...
WP



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