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Subject: Re: Shredder 7

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 22:02:13 12/09/02

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On December 09, 2002 at 17:43:22, Mike S. wrote:

>On December 09, 2002 at 14:21:41, Tim Blankenship wrote:
>
>>ok a dumb question i know..but i have seen shredder 6 and shredder padderborn on
>>the ssdf list...what exactly is the diff...and is there gonna be a shredder 7
>>and shredder 7 padderborn...if so how do i get padderborn which seems to be the
>>best?
>
>Shredder Paderborn is an update engine version (free, see ChessBase website) of
>Shredder 6. AFAIK it's the same as version no. 6.02.
>
>In Paderborn (Germany), strong computer tournament are held each year.
>
>AFAIK Sandro's opening book of the no. 6 version was only available with the UCI
>version (while the Fritz GUI version used a general book). I think that's what
>he pointed to when he wrote SSDF has tested the UCI version of Shredder
>Paderborn, while his book was better for the original version than for the
>update. (If I understand that correctly.)

Yes, correct.
>
>I wonder how big the effect really was though, because book learning have both.

Yes, both have book learning, but it is different if you loose many games from
the book or not. The book learning maily force the computer to play another
line...
If you play that one from the beginning you may avoid to loose a game and get a
worst score.

>
>Btw. I have read, Shredder 7 will contain the book by Sandro Necchi for the
>Fritz GUI too (.CTG) this time.

Yes, correct.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl

Ciao
Sandro



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