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Subject: Go Shredder !

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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