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Subject: Re: SSDF(Shredder 7.04 Classic - Shredder 8)A1200, 2½-½, now 9-6

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 14:02:27 04/10/04

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On April 10, 2004 at 14:35:07, William Penn wrote:

>On April 10, 2004 at 11:44:51, Sam Lloyd wrote:
>
>>On April 10, 2004 at 10:25:25, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>On April 10, 2004 at 09:41:35, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is the Shredder 8 Classic being tested too?
>>>
>>>No, the CB version.
>>>We hope the UCI version will be tested too.
>>>
>>>Sandro
>>
>>Hi Sandro,
>>
>>Why didn't SMK release the UCI for Shredder 8? I can certainly use
>>Shredder 7s UCI for the engine, (Shredder 6 for that matter, I have both), but I
>>don't know how to convert the Shredder 8 ctg. to be used for the UCI.
>>
>>Can this be done, or am I suppose to buy the UCI seperately? I don't think I
>>should download it and then buy it when I have S6, S7, and S8.
>>
>>My arguement is more than valid.
>>
>>Lloyd
>
>I hate to butt in here (I think I post too often), but I wonder if you're
>talking about the UCI engine or the UCI interface? Hopefully you're aware that
>the UCI engine was installed in a subfolder of the Chessbase/Engines folder when
>you installed Shredder 8. They make no mention of it, however, so most people
>won't know that it exists - unless they happen to read this forum frequently.

I fully agree with you. I did not understand this...

>
>I can confirm that the Shredder 8 UCI engine works fine with the Classic
>Shredder 6 (UCI) interface, which came on the Shredder 7 CD -- better than with
>the CB GUI. For example: There are no bugs when resizing hash, or when using
>(Infinite) Analysis mode, like there are with the CB GUI. Also hash table size
>isn't limited arbitrarily, like in the CB GUI, so you can use your own best
>judgement. The CB GUI won't let me set the hash size over 784MB, but I can use
>800MB or whatever I want to venture with the UCI interface (with 1GB installed
>RAM).
>WP

I know it, but the new one is even better.

Sandro



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