Author: Rory Nolan
Date: 01:15:35 12/31/02
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On December 30, 2002 at 23:57:15, Stephen Ham wrote: >Dear Readers, > >Please try to contain your laughter, but I have an announcement to make. > >Most of you know that I'm probably the least-knowledgable computer chess poster >in the history of this message board. However, as a correspondence chess player >and reviewer at ChessCafe.com, I've volunteered to review Shredder 7 for >ChessCafe.com. While I know next to nothing about chess programs (and computers, >for that matter!), perhaps I have that in common with the average purchaser of >such programs. :-) > >My review will focus primarily upon Shredder 7's playing strength, testing it >against various positions from my correspondence career. I also plan to test >Shredder 7 on some of the positions from my infamous matches with Fritz 6a and >Nimzo 7.32. > >http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/ham.htm > >As such, I'll focus on the GUI and peripheral stuff to a lesser extent. >Therefore I'd appreciate any advice on what you believe is important for this >review. Some of you have expressed an interest in purchasing Shredder 7, so >please let me know what information from the review would influence your >decision, one way or another. > >A few days ago, somebody asked what Shredder 7's engine size is. Its 86,016 >bytes. Would somebody please tell me how that compares to Shredder 6 or Shredder >Paderborn? > >I've already encountered one snafu. While Shredder 7 installed smoothly, I've >been unable to copy its opening book to my hard-drive. Yes, I've read the >instructions a dozen times. The CD is in my D-drive. I opened Shredder up and >did the following: Menu: "Edit" - "Openings Book" - "Copy tree to hard drive". >However, while everything in my Openings Book menu was lit up as a clickable >option, "Copy tree to hard drive" was not. I've tried different things to try to >get it to work, but have failed. What am I doing wrong? Is this a user error, a >faulty manual, or is there a bug in the CD? > >Thanks in advance for your advice and kind assistance. > >All the best, > >Stephen I think it is important to mention that you get two GUI's with Shredder which is a major difference from Fritz8. There is also an update available for the GUI as for some people Shredder 7 wouldn't load. regards Rory
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