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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