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Subject: Re: Shredder 5

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 12:37:35 11/18/00

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On November 18, 2000 at 12:16:26, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

>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...
>
Hope so. I have order the cat. If the shredding machine did find it. I will be
the machine

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



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