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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 12:51:04 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


What is your anticipated elo rating for s5 and do you have any results from your
pre-release testing ?

Regards

Mike




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