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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 09:16:26 11/18/00

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On November 18, 2000 at 10:37:29, Wayne Lowrance wrote:

>On November 18, 2000 at 03:37:40, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 2000 at 18:47:28, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>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 !
>>
>>Anti cat poison is hard to find theses days, so it needs more than a couple of
>>days or weeks to find it.
>>
>
>Ahhhh, I C. The question is did he find it ?

You'll soon find out...

Stefan

>
>Wayne
>
>
>>Stefan
>>
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>>>
>>>Wayne



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