Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 14:30:37 04/29/04
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On April 29, 2004 at 11:28:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On April 29, 2004 at 04:09:43, Omid David Tabibi 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? >> >>The recent tournaments have shown that Shredder is one leap ahead of all other >>engines. I also know this based on my own experiments, as Shredder 8 is the only >>engine that consistently scores above 50% against Falcon in my tests. > >That is a red flag. If Shredder is the _only_ engine that beats you in your >tests, I'd personally be very concerned that my testing is badly flawed. >IE if you can consistently beat fritz, Where did I say that? >you are doing something nobody else (except >perhaps shredder) is doing... > > > > >> >>With that in mind, Diep's victory against Shredder is even more remarkable. Diep >>might have also scored against Hydra, had Erdogan's book hadn't knocked out Diep >>already in the opening stage. >> >>With a good book Diep might even pull off some surprises in the upcoming WCCC in >>Israel, especially since it is not running on a massive parallel dinosaur that >>apparently did it more harm than benefit in Graz. >> >> >>>save you money and get crafty, you'll feel better afterwards :) >> >>Crafty is a great engine, and it is free. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't >>be interested in other grandmaster-strength programs.
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