Author: Manfred Meiler
Date: 09:14:07 05/29/03
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On May 29, 2003 at 10:36:33, Stephen Ham wrote: >Dear Gentlemen, > >I too noted the erratic evaluation behavior in Shredder 7 when I reviewed it for >ChessCafe.com. That review goes into more detail and can be found here: > >http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review365.pdf > >I see the same behavior in Shredder 7.04 too. Nonetheless, I'm truly impressed >with Shredder's ability to play chess at a very high level...in spite of its >evaluation function, which I find unreliable. In short, Shredder somehow >generally finds better moves than any other engine I've seen, but it's >assessment of the position is not to be trusted. This superiority over other >engines is manifest with longer time controls. > >For the record, I find version 7.04 to be significantly stronger than 7.0. > >If I recall correctly, SMK used version 7.06 in the latest Dutch computer >tournament. Gosh, I'd sure love to get a copy of that! Do you think 7.06 will >subsequently be released as a free upgrade, like 7.04 was? > >All the best, > >Stephen Hi Stephen, yes, SMK used Shredder 7.06 in last CSVN Leiden. I'm quite sure that 7.06 won't be released as a free upgrade. Best regards, Manfred
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