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Subject: Re: Is position learning the key in shredder 7.04

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 10:47:13 05/29/03

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On May 29, 2003 at 12:14:07, Manfred Meiler wrote:

>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

1. Is Shredder 7.06 even better than 7.04?
2. Will it soon be available for purchase at all?
Thanks
S.Taylor



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