Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 00:45:00 06/13/00
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On June 12, 2000 at 17:52:08, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On June 11, 2000 at 22:50:44, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>On June 11, 2000 at 20:55:39, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>On June 11, 2000 at 20:04:22, pete wrote: >>> >>>>On June 11, 2000 at 19:53:08, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 11, 2000 at 13:59:52, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On June 11, 2000 at 11:19:32, Terje Vagle wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Is the default settings for Shredder 4 the strongest? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I've seen some suggestions that it might play better with "combinations" off. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thanks for any feedback. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Terje Vagle >>>>>> >>>>>>I am not sure, so I am testing it right now. It was better with combination on >>>>>>some time ago, but it might have changed as computers are getting faster and >>>>>>faster. >>>>>>Any comments welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>>Stefan >>>>> >>>>>I own Fritz 6a, CM6000 and I am planning to buy your next version of Shredder >>>>>only if you make it similar to CM6000, which allow the users to experiment with >>>>>differents settings. We (the users) will help you find the best settings >>>>>possible for your next version of Shredder. >>>>> >>>>>Pichard >>>> >>>>This has been possible in Shredder forever . You can adjust the settings quite >>>>similar to the way you are used to in CM ; just giving fancy names to the >>>>created personalities is a feature yet missing . >>> >>>Thanks for the information Pete, the fancy names to the crerated personalities >>>is not important to me. I will now buy Shredder 4 and in the next five weeks I >>>will try different settings and test every one of them against Fritz 6a >>>always using the same opening line until I figure out which is the best settings >>>for Shredder 4. >>> >>>Pichard >> >> Looking forward to your testing! Here is a little starter for you: >> >> First remember to switch Announce Moves and Comment Moves OFF. >> >> Then: Combinations OFF Strategic Search ON Pawn Structures ON Plans ON >> Piece Values: Q=100 R=100 B=100 Kn=100 P=100 >> Forward Pruning=2 >> Selectivity=14 >> Draw Value=0 >> >> Evaluation Parameters: >> >> King Safety=110 >> Pawn Structures=105 >> Passed Pawns=110 >> Bishop Pair=100 >> Center Control=105 >> Knowledge=100 >> >> Good luck! > >Mr Larsson thank for your settings suggestions, but I prefer to set the >Combination to OFF simply because the computers are getting faster Nowadays, but >not as fast as to be able to set the Selectivity to 20 yet, instead I would >rather lower it down to 14, unless your are playing games, in long time control >, such as 40 moves in two hours using an AMD Athlon 1000 Mhz at least. The King >Safety I prefer to lower down to 110 since a higher value will keep the king >hiden for too long in the corner without taking part early on the >endgame when it is needed. Now the passed pawns I would rather raise it to 110 >and finally the Center Control up a little bit to 105. Those are my initial >suggestions, but I will make proper adjustment according to my test result. > >Since I have not received the software yet, I wonder if Shredder allow you to >set different Pieces Values beside 100 as you suggested? I like to set up the >value of the bishop a little bit higher than the knight, and the queen value >almost equivalent to two rooks. Yes, this is possible in Shredder4. Stefan > >Pichard
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