Author: stuart taylor
Date: 21:32:57 04/28/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 00:05:38, John Merlino wrote: >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. I've found it very hard to get people on this forum to agree about the possibility of _assesment_ of playing strength, or of ANY meaning at all of anything, from a sample of a few games. S.Taylor > >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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