Author: blass uri
Date: 23:50:07 06/29/99
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On June 29, 1999 at 23:38:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: <snipped> >1. I have _always_ said shredder is strong. I had several arguments about >ranking commercial programs back in the r.g.c.c days, because I always ranked >shredder high after Jakarta. I never changed my opinion. > >2. I said "a micro doesn't stand a chance in hell of winning a tournament >with all the 'big iron' programs in it. I included in that list of 'big iron' >programs the likes of deep blue, Cray Blitz, Cilk, and so forth. Two of the >strongest big iron programs weren't there. Shredder did well. But based >purely on statistics I would not bet on it if we had the same tournament with >the same programs. Because I can think of at least one program that I am >certain is better that played in Paderborn. How can you be certain about it? I guess that you mean to Ferret. Did Ferret play many games against the same version of shredder that played in WCCC at tournament time control? But Shredder certainly deserved >the trophy and praise for winning because it is _not_ easy. > >If you want to write the 'big iron' guys off, feel free to do so. But _never_ >turn your back on them... they are _extremely_ dangerous. To any micro program >in existance... I believe that they are more dangerous at fast time control than at tournament time control. Shredder played 4 games against the big irons and did 2 wins against Fritz and Junior and 2 draws against Ferret. Uri
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