Author: Peter Berger
Date: 15:09:27 12/18/00
I got my self-bought christmas present this evening (s.o.) I already expected it might be something special but didn't expect too much - reading here made me a lot cooler ;-) To not lose all possible credibility , better some negative thing first . This is for sure the most RAM-eating chessprogram I have ever seen . With 128 MB RAM under Windows NT 4.0 when using the tablebases from the CDs you can't even use 64 MB Hash ( I had to change to 48MB ) !! This should mean that with 32MB RAM you can't get the program to work properly at all when using the tablebases if maths didn't escape me totally .. ; that's pretty ugly ( even worse when the CD cover says you can use it with 32MB RAM safely ) . OK . GUI is simply marvellous ; I have never seen anything better so far . I haven't checked on many new features yet ; there seems to be a lot to keep you busy for _very_ long . Instead I played two games against another chessprogram with time control game in 1 hour , 10sec inc/move . The last time I had such an amazing exerience was when I got Hiarcs 7 when it was still quite new . It's simply _special_ ; I want to see more . Please note that I am not connected to Shredder at all , yet I feel guilty for being that impressed . But why not share the feeling anyway ?! To make it short I'll forget about the first game which was a _very_ nice win after a positional pawn sac , game decided in 39 moves ; and move over to the 2nd one : Both programs out of book at move 4 after e4 ; 6. Bb5 looks/is completely senseless ( please note , again something negative ! ) , yet .. [Event "60 10"] [Site "Some Games "] [Date "2000.12.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Shredder5 (PII300)"] [Black "Bringer1.8ß01(PIII500)"] [ECO "A46"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 {Buch 0s} Nf6 {5s (d5)} 2. Nf3 {Buch 0s} e6 {3s (d5)} 3. Nbd2 {Buch 0s} c5 {1:53m} 4. e4 {Buch 0s} cxd4 {2:49m} 5. e5 {+0.14/12 2:50m} Nd5 {3:43m} 6. Bb5 {+0.13/12 2:00m} Qb6 {2:07m (Sc6)} 7. Bd3 {+0.17/11 2:05m} Be7 {6s (Sc6)} 8. Nc4 {+0.41/10 23s} Qb4+ {2:09m (Dc5)} 9. Bd2 {+0.34/11 39s} Qc5 {1:52m} 10. Ng5 {+0.53/11 14s} Bxg5 {1:13m (f5)} 11. Bxg5 {+0.58/11 4:09m} Nb4 {7s} 12. Nd6+ {+1.28/11 2:54m} Kf8 {5s} 13. f4 {+1.64/10 1:42m} h6 {1:29m (Sxd3+)} 14. Qh5 {+2.62/10 3:46m} Nxd3+ {5s} 15. cxd3 {+3.07/11 2:32m} Qa5+ {6s (g6)} 16. Ke2 {+9.90/11 3:30m} g6 {1:18m} 17. Bxh6+ {+10.08/11 1:35m} Kg8 {1:45m} 18. Qg5 {+10.67/11 2:57m} Nc6 {2:41m (Dd5)} 19. Ne8 {+22.57/10 1:38m} 1-0 Well , why not the first one , too ? [Event "60 10"] [Site "BETA Test Games"] [Date "2000.12.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Bringer1.8ß01"] [Black "Shredder 5"] [ECO "E32"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 {0s} Nf6 {Buch 0s} 2. c4 {3s} e6 {Buch 0s} 3. Nc3 {2s} Bb4 {Buch 0s} 4. Qc2 {3s (e3)} O-O {Buch 0s} 5. a3 {4s (e4)} Bxc3+ {Buch 0s} 6. Qxc3 {4s} d5 {Buch 0s} 7. Nf3 {2:18m} b6 {Buch 0s} 8. Bg5 {1:27m} Bb7 {-0.30/12 2:45m} 9. cxd5 {1:19m} Bxd5 {-0.31/13 1:14m} 10. Ne5 {5s (e3)} h6 {-0.20/11 1:44m} 11. Bxf6 {5s (Lh4)} Qxf6 {+0.17/10 12s} 12. Qxc7 {1:37m} Na6 {-0.30/12 38s} 13. Qc3 {2:28m} Rac8 {-0.43/12 33s} 14. Qe3 {1:37m (Dg3)} Rfd8 {+0.17/11 1:59m} 15. Qg3 {4:28m} Qe7 {-0.06/13 0s} 16. e4 {1:02m} Nb4 {+0.05/12 1:57m} 17. Bd3 {1:49m} Bb7 {-0.12/12 2:26m} 18. O-O {2:07m} Nc2 {-0.05/12 0s} 19. Bxc2 {1:50m} Rxc2 {-0.03/13 0s} 20. Qd3 {2:52m (De3)} Rxb2 {+0.10/11 1:02m} 21. Rfe1 {5s (Tfb1)} Rc8 {+0.70/11 2:04m} 22. Re2 {1:19m (Tac1)} Rxe2 {+0.96/11 1:42m} 23. Qxe2 {4s} Qg5 {+1.21/12 2:10m} 24. f3 {1:58m (Te1)} Rc1+ {+1.38/12 2:20m} 25. Rxc1 {1:09m} Qxc1+ {+1.36/13 1:31m} 26. Kf2 {1:01m} Qxa3 {+1.45/12 12s} 27. Qb5 {1:26m} Qe7 {+1.34/12 1:49m} 28. Kf1 {6s (g3)} Kh7 {+1.81/12 4:38m} 29. h4 {51s (Kf2)} f6 {+2.12/12 1:57m} 30. Nc6 {1:04m (Sg4)} Qa3 {+3.37/13 1:18m} 31. Kf2 {5s} Qa2+ {+3.39/13 2:21m} 32. Kg1 {4s (Kg3)} Qa1+ {+3.21/13 1:09m} 33. Kh2 {3s} Bxc6 {+3.30/14 1:37m} 34. Qb4 {6s (Dxc6)} Qa4 {+6.58/12 1:50m} 35. Qd6 {5s} Qc4 {+7.19/12 47s} 36. Qc7 {1:13m} b5 {+8.10/13 0s} 37. Qxa7 {47s} b4 {+8.80/12 42s} 38. d5 {4s (Da1)} exd5 {+8.94/9 9s} 39. Qc7 {36s (exd5)} b3 {+11.67/10 50s} 0-1 Moves like 21. ...Rc8 , 28. ... Kh7 and 29. ... f6 are simply cool IMHO and turn me on . Time will tell what it's worth and SSDF is a hard challenge . Yet this program is so great :-) .. I couldn't resist to share . pete ( Joe User forever ;-))
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