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

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 11:46:21 01/10/00

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On January 09, 2000 at 19:30:43, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>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

I also took that statement to be a compliment to Shredder's endgame ability.

Dave



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