Author: John Merlino
Date: 21:05:38 04/28/04
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On April 28, 2004 at 23:55:45, ERIQ wrote: >On April 28, 2004 at 21:49:15, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 28, 2004 at 19:25:34, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>On April 28, 2004 at 14:30:13, Chris Taylor wrote: >>> >>>>The latest and greatest did really well, in the last computer contest. So, will a Windows version (XP or lesser) be made ready for buying? >>> >>>amazing! there is one buyer :) >>> >>>>I have my credit card ready? I can even send a postal order, or cheque! >>> >>>wow!! >>> >>>>It will make a nice addition to an already growing pile of Chess Stuff! >>> >>>not sure why?! but to each his own. >>> >>>IMO. diep couldn't beat it's way out of a paper bag in the middle of a rain >>>storm, what would be the purpose in buying it? >>> >>>save you money and get crafty, you'll feel better afterwards :) >> >>Not only did Diep beat the Champion (Shredder) at the recent tournament at >>Leiden, it was the only program to NOT LOSE to Shredder! It can't be that >>bad.... >> >>jm >you know as well as I, that any program can have a good event, that does not >make it a champion. Shredder is a real champion, it has won lots of events and >as fischer put it "strength is better determined by match play", and so being, I >don't think diep would win a 20 game match with any of the top 5 programs today. >I just don't think much of diep or it's style. > >Sign, > Eriq Lamar I didn't say that Shredder wasn't a great program, nor did I mean to infer that Diep was a "top 5 program". All I was saying was that Diep can't obviously be as bad as your colorful statement above claims, or else it couldn't have beaten a champion. Name me one GM who "couldn't beat <his> way out of a paper bag in the middle of a rainstorm" who also beat Kasparov.... jm
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