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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 15:47:28 11/17/00

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On November 17, 2000 at 16:25:52, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>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

Well that is because the wild cats got to the forrest first, and shredder has
had time to install anti cat poison !

Wayne



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