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Subject: Re: shredder 9

Author: Mark Young

Date: 17:20:43 02/20/05

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On February 20, 2005 at 18:24:57, stuart taylor wrote:

>On February 20, 2005 at 17:44:46, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On February 20, 2005 at 17:14:12, walt irvin wrote:
>>
>>>i have tested shredder 9 for about 3 days now. at first i tested it on a 600 mhz
>>>athlon . on that it did ok but did not dominate ,fritz 6 ,8 ,dfritz 7 gave it
>>>some problems as did ruffian and chess tiger 14 . but today i try it on my 2.1
>>>ghz athlon and im surprised at the result... it seems shredder gets alot more
>>>out of the increse speed than fritz or tiger ,,,
>>
>>I have seen this also. When you let Shredder 9 go deep. Shredder 9 will dominate
>>the other programs.
>
>If that's the case, I couldn't ask for more!
>
>Even in five to ten years from now, when there might be quicker software,
>Shredder 9 might still be near the top.
>
>So what happens if you make a tournament at 10 hours each player per game, on
>the above 2Ghz. hardware? Will Shredder 9 avoid almost any losses? If so,
>that'swhat I've been waiting for a long time.
>S.Taylor


Shredder 9 plays at a very high level....but you have to understand that chess
is very deep and wide. Programs are a very long way from perfect play outside of
6 man TB.

My guess would be Shredder 9 would be crushed in 5 to 10 years. Like Fritz 5.32
is crushed by Shredder 9 today.



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