Author: stuart taylor
Date: 04:12:08 11/17/00
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On November 17, 2000 at 03:06:43, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > >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 Would you say, honestly, that the price, COMPARED WITH THE PRICE OF THE REBEL 11 CD is good value? (You can assume that any program which is well above the playing strength of the present generation, Is true value to me)! And is the Gambit Shredder component as brilliant as GT? (At any rate, I'm surely getting Rebel 11 also). S.Taylor
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