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Subject: Re: The match is not over yet...

Author: Helmut Conrady

Date: 06:06:24 02/23/05

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On February 23, 2005 at 08:12:18, stuart taylor wrote:

>On February 23, 2005 at 01:19:18, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On February 22, 2005 at 21:12:16, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On February 22, 2005 at 18:54:06, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>
>>>>Maybe Shredder 9 will not score better than Shredder 7.04 in the match against
>>>>Junior 9, but it will win...the problem are the statistics:
>>>>
>>>>the statistics are based on human games and do have mostly a negative effect as
>>>>they tend to give a preference to the moves which did well to be played first
>>>>and playing the alternatives later...normally the program will do better with
>>>>the alternatives and therefore scoring better in the middle and end part of the
>>>>match...
>>>>
>>>>I normally use statistics off...
>>>>
>>>>Sandro
>>>
>>>I didn't understand. Is this an explanation how it is that Shredder 7.04 is
>>>doing that much better, without it meaning it has something in it which is
>>>superior to something which is in Shredder 9?
>>>S.Taylor
>>
>>First of all you are comparing a final match score against part of the match
>>score.
>>
>>I am telling you why Shredder 9 may have not a very good start.
>>
>>Shredder 7.04 was lucky to have found a weakness in Junior 9.
>>
>>Shredder 9 may will too or not. I did not tested against it so I do not know.
>>I only know that will win.
>>
>>You are wrong in making conclusions in one match only...
>>
>>How do you explain than Shredder 7.04 is loosing against Shredder 9?
>>
>>Shredder 9 is the strongest Shredder and is about 30 points stronger than
>>Shredder 8 as people found out here too.
>>I say about because I am not interested in finding out exactly. I am already
>>working on Shredder 10...
>>
>>Shredder 7.04 is weaker than Shredder 8, running in the same GUI.
>>
>>Sandro
>
>I'm still excited over Shredder 9, but can you tell me what is being done for
>Shredder 10? And you do only the openings?
>Do you see Shredder 10 as being another great improvement, over Shredder 9?
>Please e-mail me if you can't say it all here.
>thanks
>S.Taylor

Shredder 10?? Shredder 9 is out since three weeks and you ask for Shredder 10? I
don t understand this.


Helmut



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