Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 02:51:27 02/20/99
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On February 19, 1999 at 08:32:37, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >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. Oh yes, sorry, I forgot :-) Your tournament was really great and I enjoyed watching it a lot. But still I think there is some truth in my arguments. Stefan >> 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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