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Subject: Re: Another dumb question!

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 09:51:10 04/19/04

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On April 19, 2004 at 12:44:08, stuart taylor wrote:

>Atleast that is the way some people introduce a question they're a bit afraid
>of.
>
>Question is, Is there any engine out now, which clearly outsmarts Shredder 7.04?
>
>Even if it does not get a big plus over it, does it atleast fight back from
>inferior positions and equalize with perhaps a plus, in pieces or position e.g.
>a pawn up (I understand that not every plus in material or position is enough to
>win, but it still might show some superiority, if that is the common thing)?
>
>If there is nothing clearly stronger, then that might show that we have not yet
>advanced since then.
>
>I'm not asking for absolute proof, such as the plus and minus from ssdf to be
>completely sweeped up, and still be fully above. Very rarely does it require
>that in order to have a fairly accurate estimation of relative strength imho.
>
>S.Taylor

I don't think there is any availlable engine that clearly outsmarts Shredder
7.04 currently, though there are of course several engines that can look
superior in some positions or win single matches. So you'll probably have to
wait a little longer for the next advance.

Peter



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