Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 05:32:37 02/19/99
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On February 19, 1999 at 04:48:53, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >To be honest I also think that Shredder has a pretty bad reputation for reasons >unknown to me. This has been like this since Jakarta, when everybody claimed >that this was just pure luck and was only possible because there was no other >strong program around. Still today if somebody post a message here and is >numbering the top programs I have never seen anybody mentioning Shredder. I beg your pardon! :) I know of at least one guy that recently posted games played by Shredder 3 day after day for 2 weeks, as part of a tournament where Shredder scored better than 50% against all the best commercials. > Well, >maybe I should really spend more time in here to read ALL the articles :-) > >OK, I don't want to complain too much and keep on working to improve Shredder, >so here's my question: > >What's wrong with Shredder? Nothing at all. It is one of the best. By the way, yesterday I received Shredder 3 for Millenium, so I can even pick the interface I like best. Good for you! Enrique >Any input would be nice and really welcome. Does it play weak chess? (Did you >really play games or just run some tests?) Do you want it to solve test >positions or play games? Do you rather have a blitz monster that plays strong at >3min/game on a Pentium 100 or do you rather have something for longer >timecontrols and analysis? Do you hate the GUI? What's missing? > >I would really love to get some feedback. > >Stefan (author of Shredder) > > >PS: About computer chess world championships: You can be very sure that Shredder >or any other program of mine will compete in every computer chess world >championships around for the next 10 years at least. OK? No doubt about that! >This has always been one of my major interests for various reasons, so please >don't worry about that.
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