Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 00:37:40 11/18/00
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On November 17, 2000 at 18:47:28, Wayne Lowrance wrote: >On November 17, 2000 at 16:25:52, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: > >>On November 17, 2000 at 15:51:04, m.d.hurd wrote: >> >>>On November 17, 2000 at 03:06:43, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Shredder 5 is being produced now, so if you are interested you will be able to >>>>get it within a couple of days. I am very sorry for the delay we had, but I >>>>think the work I did recently was worth the few extra days. >>>> >>>>There are many new features in Shredder, you can use multiple engines at the >>>>same time, including winboard engines, and pair the against each other. Another >>>>new feature is the “triple brain”, you can load any two engines into Shredder >>>>and let them both analyse a given position. The “triple brain” will use their >>>>search information to find out which program has a better understanding of the >>>>position and will choose the move of that engine. This will also work during >>>>games, so you are able to play against any combination of two chess programs. >>>> >>>>Several engines are included in the package which you can use in the Shredder >>>>interface like Shredder, SOS, Crafty and Nimzo 2000. You’ll also get seven >>>>versions of Shredder, including “Gambit Shredder” and “Shredder Bean Counter”, >>>>so you can find out by yourself which paradigm is best :-) If you are not happy >>>>with the engines you are able to create your own. Shredder and SOS are native >>>>engines, Crafty and Nimzo use the winboard interface. >>>> >>>>If you have any specific questions concerning Shredder I will try to answer them >>>>here. >>>> >>>>Oh yes, I forgot, the engine certainly got better :-) >>>> >>>>I am not sure if and how I should have marked this posting as an ad. If so I ask >>>>the moderators to please add the appropriate title. >>>> >>>>Stefan, author of Shredder >>> >>> >>>What is your anticipated elo rating for s5 and do you have any results from your >>>pre-release testing ? >> >>Shredder got much better compared to S4, that's for sure. Yes, definitely I and >>my testers have played games against my competitors, but we got bashed for >>publishing results before. I suggest to wait a couple of days more before you >>get some results of indenpended testers. Just one thing, Shredder is not afraid >>of wild cats :-) >> >>Stefan > >Well that is because the wild cats got to the forrest first, and shredder has >had time to install anti cat poison ! Anti cat poison is hard to find theses days, so it needs more than a couple of days or weeks to find it. Stefan > >Wayne
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