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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 13:25:52 11/17/00

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On November 17, 2000 at 15:51:04, m.d.hurd wrote:

>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 ?

Shredder got much better compared to S4, that's for sure. Yes, definitely I and
my testers have played games against my competitors, but we got bashed for
publishing results before. I suggest to wait a couple of days more before you
get some results of indenpended testers. Just one thing, Shredder is not afraid
of wild cats :-)

Stefan



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