Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:54:13 10/02/00
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I think everybody has had their say here. I would like to ask for cooler heads to prevail, and let's let this die the death it deserves. Otherwise it is going to turn into a free-for-all. I haven't asked the other moderators if we should start deleting things (yet). I hope we don't have to... On October 02, 2000 at 03:19:00, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > > >Some strange and false statements about my person and my program Shredder have >recently been published. I think that it is necessary to make some facts known: > > >1. The following statements by Marcus Kaestner are FALSE: > >* Marcus Kaestner claims on his homepage and the cover of the latest issue of >his magazine to have tested a beta version of Shredder5 and the latest beta >version of Shredder in his magazine, on the cover he evens calls it just >?Shredder5?. >* Marcus Kaestner has claimed here to have tested the London version of Shredder >and found it inferior to other programs that also have competed in London. >* Calling me stupid for not allowing to publish the ChessBits rating list, where >Shredder 4.16 is supposed to be ?the clear number 1? doesn?t make much sense to >me as I can?t know a rating list which hasn?t been published yet. > > >2. The CORRECT facts are: > >* Marcus Kaestner was a beta tester of Shredder until beginning of June 2000 >when I found out that he has copied beta versions to third parties. >* The last beta version of Shredder he received was version 4.16 from beginning >of June. >* The version playing in London was Shredder 4.24. >* Shredder 4.24 and 4.16 differ significantly, e.g. the evaluation function of >Shredder 4.16 is still very similar to the commercial version Shredder4 which is >certainly no longer true for version 4.24. >* There is still a long way to go to complete Shredder5. >* To call version 4.16 or even versions prior to that a ?Shredder 5 Beta? or >even ?Shredder 5? is definitely INCORRECT. >* I don?t have access to preprints of ChessBits so I have no idea about the >content of the latest issue as long as it hasn?t been published yet. I can only >judge from the cover and Marcus Kaestner?s announcements. >* Marcus Kaestner has found other programs to support, e.g. he was operating >Tiger in London and was responsible for Rebel and Tiger playing the Belgrade >Gambit in London against Shredder as he knew that previous versions of Shredder >have handled this opening not very well. Luckily for me the London version of >Shredder has improved also in this regards, >* I was personally insulted by Marcus Kaestner on his homepage several times. > > >3. Conclusions: > >* I simply ask Marcus Kaestner to stop claiming having tested beta versions of >Shredder5, the London version of Shredder or even a current beta version of >Shredder and to stop his personal aggressions immediately. >* I have no idea why Marcus Kaestner is acting like this except for pushing his >magazine and trying to harm Shredder. >* I don?t want to deal with Marcus Kaestner again for obvious reasons. This >whole story is no fun for me and I don?t like dealing with lawyers and these >endless discussions in the Internet. It keeps me from working on Shredder. >* If the good reputation of my program and our legal rights need to be defended >I and my distributor Ossi Weiner will certainly do so. > > >Stefan Meyer-Kahlen (author of Shredder)
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