Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 09:45:50 10/30/04
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On October 30, 2004 at 09:43:09, Sandro Necchi wrote: >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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