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Subject: Re: Shredder

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 11:32:16 08/28/00

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On August 28, 2000 at 14:22:40, Peter Berger wrote:

>On August 28, 2000 at 12:11:03, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:
>
>>
>>I am back in Germany and would like to thank everybody who supported me and
>>helped me winning this title. Also thanks to my fellow programmers for the nice
>>and fair competition in London. I have received many nice words recently, also
>>thanks for this.
>>
>>I guess I have to leave the academy awards mode now :-)
>>
>>I am quite satisfied with the games Shredder played in London. I had some nice
>>wins and Shredder played very strong in the endgame allowing to draw some bad
>>positions. I was probably lucky in a few games but without luck you can’t win
>>such a strong competition.
>>
>>If somebody has more questions about Shredder in London I will try to answer
>>them here.
>>
>>Stefan
>
>Hallo Stefan ,
>
>First : many congrats on your win at WMCCC 2000 .

Thank you.

>
>Shredder 4 is my favourite professional chessprogram and it is good to see it
>has been further improved ( which gives me some excuse to buy it for Christmas
>although I couldn't name a sensible reason as being satisfied with Shredder 4
>anyway ... )
>
>To the questions :
>
>a.) It would be great if you could post the Shredder pgn of the games . As they
>contain much interesting information ( like time used of both opponents , move
>expected , depth , time used ) it would be nice to be able to look at and
>compair with Shredder 4 and/or other chessprograms . Also it would add valuable
>information to the opening book discussion .

OK, I can do that as soon as I have unpacked my tournament machine as it is
still in this huge box.

>
>b.) Although engine strength is great , what new or improved features are
>planned for Shredder 5 ? Anything new ?

Yes, there will be quite a few new features in the GUI also, please be a bit
more patient.

>
>c.) Will there be a winboard version of Shredder or have you given up on this ?

No, I haven't given up on this but I am not sure if there will be time for it.

Stefan



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