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Subject: Re: Impressive win by Fruit against Shredder !

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 10:45:29 08/16/05

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and the best thing is:

it had a single-cpu machine, no tablebases and shredder is normally very good in
endgame.

fruit is a strange program. at least for me. it fails in the typical test-suites
when it comes to sac a piece or a pawn.

but it plays good chess.

shredder has much more knowledge, but fruit is a dangerous opponent.

the first people shout that the bean-counters strike back.
IMO this is to early to shout.

fruit is different. that is what counts. in times where chess programs are used
to beat each other , fruit came from nowhere and is different.

thats enough.

a DIFFERENT programm cannot be outsearched or outcomputed.
you cannot guess what it will do.

in older times of computerchess we had this situation more often because
programs were different , there was a bigger variety of ideas and programs.

with the evolution of programs, suddenly there are only a few almost equal
programs, fighting against each other. but they have adopted each other and are
very similar.

if we get more different aproaches to computerchess, the game suddenly is open
again for a wonder.




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