Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Bob Hyatt, shredder did not play at standard time control at Icc

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:59:47 07/01/99

Go up one level in this thread


On July 01, 1999 at 14:28:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 01, 1999 at 11:43:14, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On July 01, 1999 at 11:02:32, Andrew Dados wrote:
>>
>>>On July 01, 1999 at 10:41:28, blass uri wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am interested to know results between top ICC programs at standard time
>>>>control(if possible 2 hours/40) from the last 2 monthes.
>>>>
>>>>I guess that the top ICC programs include Ferret,Shredder,Ban,Crafty.
>>>>Is it possible to get the games between these programs in ICC?
>>>>
>>>    To get those games log in to icc and use its database search functions.
>>> Command 'search crafty ban standard' is example of what you want to do.
>>> Then you can examine every found game with command 'examine ', where
>>>you replace  with actual number listed by the search output.
>>>
>>>>Which hardware do they use in ICC?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Usually hardware used is listed in finger notes. 'fi ban' for example.
>>> I hope that helps - Andrew.
>>
>>I cannot use the search command because I am a guest and did not register.
>>
>>I tried fi shredder and I found that the hardware for shredder is only p333
>>and that it did not play standard time control so  there is no information from
>>ICC to get information about the level of shredder on p550 at tournament time
>>control.
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>You can't tell what shredder has played by 'fingering it'.  If you do a "history
>shredder" you can see the last 20 games.  But not the previous several hundred.
>
>In reasonable length games (non-bullet, but with increments) you can get a
>pretty good feel for how two programs play by watching them. At least I can
>pretty well figure out 'quality'.  IE if a program plays good moves but loses
>tactically, that is one thing.  If it plays bad moves and wins tactically, that
>is something else.  I have learned over the years to differentiate between the
>two.  And a program that plays 'good' moves is generally better.  And when you
>watch Ferret, you simply don't see any 'ugly' moves, nor do you see many weak
>moves...

If you finger Shredder, it has not played a single standard game rated.

James



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.