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

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 16:05:13 07/02/99

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On July 01, 1999 at 21:34:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On July 01, 1999 at 18:26:28, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On July 01, 1999 at 15:45:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On July 01, 1999 at 14:59:47, James Robertson wrote:
>>>
>>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>That wasn't the question.  The question was "has it played any standard games"
>>>and you can't answer that with a finger.  Because they don't show up in the
>>>rating game count...
>>
>>It may have played some unrated standard games true, but no rated standard
>>games.
>>
>>James
>
>
>Don't know about 'shredder', but Crafty has played quite a few non-rated
>standard games vs GMs logged in as guests.  As they want to remain totally
>anonymous.  And I as asked to not disclose the games they played, which I do
>my best to honor since I want them to continue 'helping' like that.

A lot of libraries at ICC have gone. Many games i can't find anymore
using 'search'. ICC must have had last year quite some crashes.

Greetings,
Vincent




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