Author: Keith Kaplon
Date: 12:24:17 04/15/04
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On April 15, 2004 at 14:32:37, Joachim Rang wrote: >On April 15, 2004 at 14:08:17, Ernest Bonnem wrote: > >>On April 15, 2004 at 13:21:30, James C. Logan wrote: >> >>>I am certain that the engine that comes with Shredder Classic as bought from SMK >>>is not Shredder 8, registered or not. You only get S8, both the Chessbase and >>>UCI variety when you buy the Chessbase product. >> >>Then what is it ??? >>And which one is "stronger" ? > >the engine which comes with the classic interface is teh so-called Shredder >Classic Engine :-) - this is a crippled Shredder 8 with reduced playing strength >100-150 points below Shredder 8. But (the real) Shredder 8 (the Chessbase one) >comes with the native version of Shredder 8 and the UCI-Version. The latter one >you can install in the classic GUI and now you have the Classic GUI with the >real Shredder 8. Of course you need to buy two products. > >I find it unpleasant that on Shredderchess.com it is not emphasized that you >don't buy the Shredder 8 _engine_ as one would normally suspect but another >weaker engine. It's there but not emphasized hence the confusion. > >regards Joachim Thanks for clearing that up Joachim. I'd been wondering ! Cheers, Keith
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