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Subject: Re: just luck, shredder is a real champion

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 06:29:24 04/29/04

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On April 29, 2004 at 09:03:18, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 29, 2004 at 08:35:16, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>>Oh well, the latest versions of DIEP are in the top3 for sure.
>>
>>Whether it's better than Shredder or worse, we'll see in world champs 2004.
>>
>>It would be a wrong conclusion to say that Shredder isn't dominating currently.
>>Anyone denying that has dirt in his eyes. Shredder 7.04 and 8 are over-all
>>monsters. Any other engine that says he's in top3 must proof his point and beat
>>it.
>
>Beating shredder is no proof that you are in the top 3 programs.
>Yace also beated shredder in another tournamrnt and is not close to be in the
>top 3 programs.
>
>Uri

And scoring 0 points in world champs 2004 for Movei is no proof that it is not
in the top 3 either of course.




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