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Subject: Re: ShredderClassic 1.0

Author: Vikrant Malvankar

Date: 01:42:07 09/22/04

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On September 22, 2004 at 04:29:55, Ingo Bauer wrote:

>Hello
>
>>Can anyone here tell me the differance between Shredder Classic version
>>available on www.shredderchess.com and Shredder 8 by Chessbase (Playing
>>Strength) and what Advantage/Disadvantage I have if I buy Shredder Classic which
>>is considerably less in Price.
>
>First off all and maybe most impotant to you is that the Shredder-Classic-Engine
>is officialy 100-150 Elo points weaker than the Shredder8 from chessbase (native
>and UCI verion). The two engines are two different engines with two different
>names! Then the Chessbase Version has a playchess access which is not present at
>the Classic GUI.

Is Shredder Classic really 100-150 elo points weaker than Shredder 8. If so
should I wait for Shredder 9 Is it going to be released soon ?
>
>There are several functions in the Classic which are not present at the
>Chessbase-GUI (Tripple-Brain, Endgame-Orakel ...) and vice versa.
>
>I would suggest to download the Classic and test it by yourself but keep in mind
>that the test version is a bit restricted and the CLassic Engine in weakend
>additionaly.

I have already tested the GUI I like it very much. Even though it is simpler
than the Chessbase GUI (Deep Frtiz 8) I have.
>
>I could comment on usability, intuitivity or windows "standards" but it is
>better if you make a picture by yourself.
>
>If you want to have the best you have to buy both. Install the Classic-GUI and
>the big Classic book together with the UCI-Shredder from the Chessbase GUI. The
>combination of all give the strongest possible Shredder-entity. (Out off
>personal experience: even if set to "Turney" the Chessbase-Shredder-book is
>doing what it wants, which is resulting in a possible decreased overall strength
>of Shredder8)

Do u mean using the ShredderClassic engine in Chessbase GUI. As we can not use
the Shredder 8.0 engine in ShredderClassic GUI (I have read somewhere)
>
>Bye Ingo Bauer



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