Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Date: 06:02:08 12/03/00
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In contrast to my believe this subject is of interest here so I will try to give my point of view as objective as possible. Marcus Kästner claimed that he has tested the Shredder London version or even beta versions after that. He also claimed that he has played many test games with this versions at tournament time controls and found out that Shredder is inferior to my competitors programs. In reality he couldn’t have done that as he didn’t have any version of Shredder after June 2000, so his statements were not based on facts but on his believe which is fine if he had said so. We asked him to stop and as he didn’t react we tried to forbid him to do so. He still refused, that’s why the whole thing went to court. This happened last week and finally the court forbid Marcus to publish results of beta versions of Shredder he didn’t have which sounds logical to me. Also I don’t think that German courts are famous for random judgements. Marcus arguments at the court were quite interesting and might be useful to put some light on this issue, but I am not sure weather it is legal to quote them here so maybe Marcus can do so or at least allow me to do so. Also some weeks ago two friends of mine asked me if they should try to stop this and convince Marcus to agree to settle down this thing. I agreed but they both didn’t succeed in convincing Marcus. We DO NOT want to and we can’t forbid Marcus to publish tests of Shredder5 AFTER its release. Another issue in this story is the opening thing at London. This was NOT the main issue in this case at the court and we are NOT suing Marcus to have used insider knowledge against me. To be honest I also do not care anymore if he did or not because it’s history now and won’t happen again. But as this is also brought up here again and again I will give you my view about this also. Ed, Christophe and Jeroen: I am ready to believe you that Jeroen was the one who did the opening choice in London if you all say so, but there is one problem: In his magazine Marcus Kaestner describes in details how HE prepared Tiger against various opponents, for example on page 17 against Nimzo. He also claimed that he has recommended a line against Shredder in the Belgrade Gambit to Ed and showed him a 20 moves long line that he expected Shredder to play 5 minutes BEFORE the game (page 13), well, it WAS the line that Shredder finally played… So there is something wrong here. Either Marcus Kaestner HAD influence on the opening choice or he is NOT telling the truth in his magazine. Please remember: This is not a story I dreamed last night, it is WRITTEN in his magazine, you can read it there if you can read German. Again, I DO NOT CARE which one is true. Now Marcus Kaestner accuses us in public to have cheated the judges on purpose which we asked him to stop doing. Marcus Kaestner is playing the role of “poor little innocent Marcus against the evil empire that is trying to destroy” him quite successful. I just want you to know the whole thing or at least my point of view before you start giving moral support or collecting money. Stefan
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