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Subject: Re: Questions About shredder 7

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 03:30:43 04/15/03

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On April 15, 2003 at 05:59:40, Rupesh wrote:

>On April 15, 2003 at 04:43:44, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>On April 15, 2003 at 02:27:59, Rupesh wrote:
>>
>>>Can somebody tell me what are the differences between shredder 7 and shredder
>>>7.04? Also why is forward pruning set to a negative value in shredder engine
>>>parameter? What does it signify?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Amitesh
>>
>>    The main difference between Shredder7 and Shredder704 is that the latest
>>    version seems to be stronger.
>>    Kurt
>
>
>Kurt, I use shredder 7 on playchess. I have played against many shredder 7.04
>engines and the statistics does not lean toward shredder 7.04. So i was thinking
>of finding which portion of the program SMK rewrote.
>
>Also my question also was why we see a negative forward pruning number in engine
>parameters?
>
>Amitesh

     I have not answer to the negative forward pruning number. But what I know
     is that comparisons between engine Xa vs Xb do seldom bring reliable
     facts as to strenght of engines. Shredder 7.04 does better vs all other
     programs than Shredder7, that's the point.
     Kurt



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