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Subject: Re: what is wrong w/ shredder these days??

Author: Majd Al-Ansari

Date: 08:31:17 08/20/05

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I think you guys should give Zappa some credit.  It has been by far the most
prepared of all involved.  It is using good hardware and an excellent book
suited to its style of play.  I still think Shredder is a much stronger engine
in the long run, but in this tournament Zappa deserves to win.  Brazil is the
strongest football team in the world, but they don't necessarily win every world
cup.  It is about peaking at the right time before a tourney.  Everyone (on this
forum at least) knows that winning the wccc doesnt mean you have the stongest
engine. But winning is winning and Zappa should be congratulated.



On August 20, 2005 at 10:30:36, George Speight wrote:

>On August 20, 2005 at 09:35:28, ERIQ wrote:
>
>>Maybe soon a new champion will be crowned ie. fruit or zappa
>
>There may or may not be something wrong with Shredder. But what it does in this
>WCCC is not going to tell u. Not enough games to really worry about Shredder
>having a problem. Example: A while back i ran a long match between Fritz 8 and
>Shredder 8. After 10 games Fritz was up 6.5-3.5    Then Shredder turned on the
>afterburners and won 4 of the next 5 games.  After 20 games Shredder was up by 2
>games. The further into a match with an opponent, the more dangerous Shredder
>becomes. I wouldnt write its obituary yet.  Regards, George



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