Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:00:14 07/30/04
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On July 30, 2004 at 10:44:59, David H. McClain wrote: >On July 30, 2004 at 10:02:47, Albert Silver wrote: > >>The subject header says it all. Shredder Classic is a different engine and >>product, and therefore fully deserving of being tested by the SSDF. It goes >>without saying that it should also be tested with the large Necchi book >>available for download at the Shredder Classic site. >> >> Albert > >Albert, > >I was under the impression that Shredder Classic (v 7.04) is the same engine as >Shredder and only the GUI was different (along with the .bkt extension for >books). Perhaps I have misunderstood previous dialog regarding this....? > >DHM From what Ingo Bauer said (http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?379230) it is simply some other engine, neither Shredder 8, nor Shredder 7: >>Crafty 19.15 SE vs ShredderClassic engine 4.5 - 15.5 (+1 =7 -12) >> >>Impressive performance by ShredderClassic which is intended to be 100 - 150 Elo >>points weaker than his big brother Shredder8! > >I was not aware that the ShredderClassic engine is weaker. The site >http://www.shredderchess.com doesn't mention this. Where is this reported? SMK told me (about the 100 - 150 Elo) and there are several report in different "german" chess magazines! The good news is that some tests indicate the the difference is smaller than the "official" number. But there is a difference for sure! Bye Ingo Bauer
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