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Subject: Re: This is tremendous! Sandro?

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 02:22:19 11/06/04

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On November 05, 2004 at 21:20:14, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On November 05, 2004 at 13:10:23, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On November 05, 2004 at 04:29:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On November 05, 2004 at 01:47:46, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 04, 2004 at 18:37:03, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 04, 2004 at 13:19:10, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 04, 2004 at 11:27:43, Albert Silver wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On November 04, 2004 at 11:07:39, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On November 04, 2004 at 09:30:52, Ziad Haddad wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Hi Tony
>>>>>>>>>When will the next list be updated?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Probably when we have played enough games with CT 2004 (4-500).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>What do u think about the New Tiger2004?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It's not as strong as expected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>What are your expectations of his match
>>>>>>>>>vs Shredder8?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>That it probably will loose.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Will you test Shredder Classic 1.1?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>No.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It seems that he's
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>He?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>stronger than Sh8.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Stefan and Sandro think so, yes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Tony
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>They really think Shredder Classic 1.1 is stronger than Shredder 8? I must have
>>>>>>>missed that. Where was this stated?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, we stated that Shredder 8 UCI running on Shredder Classic GUI, with
>>>>>>Shredder8a.bkt is the strongest commercial version of Shredder 8.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There is a huge difference!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If it's true, then IMHO, you should consider
>>>>>>>testing it as Shredder 9 is only due out Summer of 2005 according to Sandro
>>>>>>>(http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?393995)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>No, I stated that I think we will be able to make available Shredder 9 before
>>>>>>the end of the year 2004. This is the plan, but we are still working on it, so
>>>>>>we cannot make 100% sure statements (99.99999999%)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>So you are saying that by end of 2004 there will already be a shredder 9 which
>>>>>will be stronger than Shredder's 7.04 and 8, together?
>>>>
>>>>We believe we can achive this and we are working on it.
>>>
>>>I believe that many programmers can develop something stronger than shredder8
>>>but the problem is that they will do it too late.
>>>
>>>I expect in 2014 to have at least 10 different free programs that are better
>>>than Shredder8.
>>
>>Yes, but what about Shredder 19?
>
>Yes, of course.  That's what he meant by "they will do it too late".

I agree.

>The
>current Crafty would mop the floor with the best professional programs of 1985.
>But it's not 1985 any more.
>
>Still, it is possible for some breakthroughs.  The current Aristarch is stronger
>than several professional programs.  Crafty might make some clustering
>revolution and ride on a giant Beowulf cluster to victory.  Already, on very
>fast hardware, Crafty competes very well.  There may be some idea that is a
>revolution like Alpha-Beta was that divides the work into a fraction.
>
>Shredder is in a class of his own.  But it probably won't last forever.

I think we would be happy if for 30 years more...:-))
We do not want to exaggerate:-)

>
>When Shredder 19 is out, maybe some unknown rises from obscurity and conquers
>the world.

It is possible of course.

Sandro




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