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Subject: Re: Could we get a Shredder 9.04 upgrade coming out of IPCCC?

Author: Rex

Date: 04:19:01 02/27/05

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On February 27, 2005 at 06:54:25, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>On February 27, 2005 at 06:27:00, Ernst Walet wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:09:15, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:00:06, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 05:54:35, Rex wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>With all that was learned out of IPCCC I sure would like a "free" update.
>>>>>
>>>>>Enjoy
>>>>
>>>>      I am almost sure that there will be no such update.
>>>>      At Paderborn an experimental version of Shredder 9
>>>>      is participating and nobody knows about the real
>>>>      playing strength of it.
>>>>      Kurt
>>>
>>>
>>>No, we have used the same 9.0 version.
>>>
>>>We only used a modified book for the tournament...an intermediate version for
>>>the next WCCC or match against Hydra hoping someone can arrange it.
>>>
>>>Sandro
>>
>>Hydra has beated Shredder once in a match (and here in Paderborn), what can they
>>gain from a rematch?
>
>Again the have beaten a buggy version in Dubai.
>Before the match I stated to Stefan that that buggy version would have lost some
>games and won none...which did happen exactly...there are some friends of mine
>to whom I told my expectations before the match and that can confirm my
>statement.
>
>Here we were better but we reached a position where there was a strong attack on
>the king and we missed it as this is the major weakness in our actual version.
>We will improve this.


And this is my original question.  Why should we NOT see a Shredder 9.01 free
release based on some knowledged learned from IPCCC?  Sure would be nice.


>This kind of positions are not frequent, so to take a single game as "rule" is
>wrong to me.
>
>>
>>Remember Deep Blue in New York.
>>
>>
>>Sure I would like there to be such an event, but I am afraid it will not be.
>
>I believe there will be; maybe in summer.
>
>>
>>Ernst.
>
>Sandro



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