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 >> >> >>> >>>Wayne
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