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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 ... First Impressions

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 15:26:06 02/16/05

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On February 16, 2005 at 15:39:07, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On February 16, 2005 at 15:26:40, Mike van Rooyen wrote:
>
>>Very very strong.A definite improvement.However,Shredder is sometimes very
>>optimistic in its evaluation.It has lost quite a few +3 positions in my tests.
>>I'm therefore reluctant to trust its evaluations for analysis.
>>Mike
>
>
>      Shredder 9 Test (40'/40) 5moves.ctg is running,
>      now 3 matches and 150 games played, to be continued
>      http://www.utzingerk.com/shredder9_test.htm
>      Kurt

I much prefer to see the lost games (of a program I'm trying to "prove") as
being draws, i.e. 2 draws = one loss, than singal games actually being lost,
because that indicates a weakness. If most of the losses are as black, that's a
(very) slight relief, too.
Junior has managed to hurt Shredder 9 quite a bit, in this respect, and that
indicates to me that Shredder 9 still has plenty left to hope for (e.g. in
Shredder 10 etc.)

But if Junior just happens to be Shredder's nemesis, then Shredder is still
doing very well, however.
S.Taylor



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