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Subject: THE SHREDDER - CHESSBITS CASE - my answer

Author: Marcus Kaestner

Date: 12:30:32 10/04/00


first of all it speaks for itself that stefan writes this post during my
absence. he was very well informed, that i´m offline for several days and he
used the right moment for this so that i have had no chance to react.

it´s a really nice and smart guy this man. as djordje posted some month ago
about him: "...sticking out of the dark, beeing very careful not to be hitten
himself..."

>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”.

you are not able to read even german (or you don´t want to read correct). there
is no beta-test announced. only the latest results in the chessbits rating list.

everybody can see it at:

http://mitglied.tripod.de/ChessBits/index.html


>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.

there are some more explanations necessary:

1.i was not a beta tester, i was involved in making the engine stronger.

2.i never gave a beta to a third party. this is only a pretence to hurt me and
to damage my image in the public. you are a mean guy!

the right thing is, that i gave a beta to elvis, who was book-cooker of
shredder, because his beta-version has been crashed and you was not available.
even ossi weiner admits these days, that elvis was and is a team-member!
by the way: in the law-suite you opened finally, there is no single sentence of
giving away betas to unauthorised persons. so everyone can see that this
accusement is only for damaging...


>* 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,

you are really a mean guy! first you posted that i wanted to outbook shredder
using my inside knowledge. when ed and christophe said that it was only jeroens
work, you said that you have had the impression because of my behavior in london
in the tiger-shredder game. what a lie!

1.you know very well, that i never use my inside knowledge. last year before the
wcc in paderborn YOU wanted me to prepare shredder against tiger for the
tournament, because i was the owner of the latest tiger versions! i refused and
said to you, that i would NEVER do that, because the other programmers are
trusting me.
2.it is not possible that you could have the impression that i would have done
that. at the beginning and during the game i said to you, that i would never do
that and that the opening choice was only jeroens work.

but here you have the face to insult me this way. poor man...



>* I have no idea why Marcus Kaestner is acting like this except for pushing his
magazine and trying to harm Shredder.

nonsense. i never have harmed shredder or any other program. so you think i harm
shredder? out of this reason i announced shredder to become world champion in
london? out of this reason i publish the latest tournament list with new
shredder on no.1, beeing more than 100 points above fritz 6? your mind must be
fogged, your success has been coming to your head....

i have compassion on you.

and a last thing:

it doesn´t matter what you or your nasty boss will do to me:
your program will get the review it deserves. objective and without pre-justice.
that is my understanding of journalism.

but you and your boss as persons should take care about yourselves VERY well.
the moment will come when the open invoice will be paid...
i can wait.

marcus




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