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Subject: Re: shredder the strongest program

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 06:17:20 10/09/99

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On October 09, 1999 at 08:15:52, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>On October 09, 1999 at 08:00:01, curtiss parker wrote:
>
>>shredder is it the strongest program on the market compared to the deep
>
>Well I suppose the only thing you can go by is the SSDF list. There are 4
>chessbase programs played on 450 machines and they are on the top, which is a
>bit misleading due to the fact that other programs have not been played on that
>hardware.
>
>But most of the programs have been played on the next level down in hardware
>they test and that is 200 MMX machines. And from that list CM6000 is on top.
>If you are not a person who has been here for a while and missed the Chessmaster
>6000 debates, then Just to let you know that program interface has nothing to do
>with the strength of an engine, which some people seem to miss. Even though CM6K
>is aimed for the mass market and does not have all the finer features in the
>more dedicated chess programs, there is no doubt that Johann's King engine is in
>the cream of the crop.

I agree. And everybody would love to have it as an engine for their GUI. I just
dislike the interface of CM6K, but this is subjective.

Enrique



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