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Subject: Shredder 5

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 00:06:43 11/17/00



Shredder 5 is being produced now, so if you are interested you will be able to
get it within a couple of days. I am very sorry for the delay we had, but I
think the work I did recently was worth the few extra days.

There are many new features in Shredder, you can use multiple engines at the
same time, including winboard engines, and pair the against each other. Another
new feature is the “triple brain”, you can load any two engines into Shredder
and let them both analyse a given position. The “triple brain” will use their
search information to find out which program has a better understanding of the
position and will choose the move of that engine. This will also work during
games, so you are able to play against any combination of two chess programs.

Several engines are included in the package which you can use in the Shredder
interface like Shredder, SOS, Crafty and Nimzo 2000. You’ll also get seven
versions of Shredder, including “Gambit Shredder” and “Shredder Bean Counter”,
so you can find out by yourself which paradigm is best :-) If you are not happy
with the engines you are able to create your own. Shredder and SOS are native
engines, Crafty and Nimzo use the winboard interface.

If you have any specific questions concerning Shredder I will try to answer them
here.

Oh yes, I forgot, the engine certainly got better :-)

I am not sure if and how I should have marked this posting as an ad. If so I ask
the moderators to please add the appropriate title.

Stefan, author of Shredder



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