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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 opening book

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 06:43:09 10/30/04

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On October 30, 2004 at 09:10:21, William Penn wrote:

>On October 30, 2004 at 06:01:54, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am completing the new Shredder 9 commercial opening book, so anybody who wants
>>to send me comments/lines to fix/variations to include in the new commercial
>>version can feel free to send me the material they want...without limits...to my
>>e-mail address <sandro.necchi1@tin.it>
>>
>>Pls. do it in the next 2 weeks and not later as I have planned to work on it
>>within November only.
>>
>>We are still working to improve the program (engine + book etc...) so no news
>>yet on a new commercial release.
>>
>>As soon as there will be news you will be informed from who incharged of this.
>>
>>Ciao
>>Sandro
>
>Thanks for the info. I value the Shredder 7/8 opening book and your work with
>it. It has helped me win some critical games.

I am happy to hear this.

>
>There is one aspect of it that I'd like to ask about...
>
>When there are no more sample games left in the database, or when there are only
>a few, you sometimes indicate an opening continuation simply with a single line
>of moves that you consider best. Sometimes this may go quite aways, perhaps 5-10
>moves beyond the end of the database sample games. Typically this line has a "!"
>or a "?" after every move. I can usually understand the lines that use "!", but
>often have problems with the lines that use "?" because no alternative move is
>suggested. Maybe you intend to convey that the line is bad, but there is no
>better move - any clarification appreciated.

Yes, I mean the line is bad for one side. I am planning to improve this, but one
will see what I mean in future upgrades; not in Shredder 9 book.
Shredder 9 book will be a refinement of the Shredder 8a book (better) and a
little bigger too.

>
>I look forward to Shredder 9, and wonder if it will be released as an engine for
>the Chessbase (Fritz 8) GUI, or only for the Classic Shredder GUI?
>WP

There are no info on this yet.

It is not necessary for me to know it as there is a conversion program to
convert the book from the Shredder GUI (my preferred one) to the CB one, so I
can test with either gui.

I am expecting the new Shredder 9 to be stronger than Shredder 8 and I am
working to make the book quite better.

After I will have to go back to the tournament book for the revenge match
against Hydra as we have to win next time!

Ciao
Sandro



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