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Subject: Re: Chess-Computer comparisation at clubkasparov.com

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 16:30:43 01/09/00

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On January 09, 2000 at 19:01:07, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>Hi
>
>On January 09, 2000 at 18:40:34, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>On January 09, 2000 at 18:21:53, James Robertson wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>I think Stefan MK has a fine program, but you have to be pretty biased to read
>>here a specific attack on Shredder.
>
>I think he referred to the sentence "[Shredder] achieved the title mainly by
>playing the endgame better than its competitors." While this sentence contains
>not a direct attack vs Shredder, it certainly sounds like "If it wouldn't be for
>the good endgame, Shredder would be beaten by the other programs."

I disagree. This sentence says literally that Shredder's endings is what made
the difference, not that it plays an inferior middlegame. I read comments in
this same direction made by other people that speak highly of Shredder 4.

Enrique

>Or a similar sentence for an other engine would be: "Tiger scores so good
>because of his opening book" :-))
>
>Kinds regards,
> -sargon



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