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Subject: Re: Commercial release versions of chess software ... bad and good!

Author: Gregory Owett

Date: 22:27:22 11/04/04

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On November 04, 2004 at 13:27:12, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>On November 04, 2004 at 13:20:53, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On November 04, 2004 at 13:13:30, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>And Shredder ...
>>>Shredder is the number one in version 7.04 or 8.0.
>>>Every little improvment Stefan can for sell because Stefan is the number 1!
>>>A little advantage for Stefan Meyer-Kahlen. Shredder 9.0 only 20 ELO more and we
>>>are happy, clear that nobody can find out that a program from around 2.700 ELO
>>>is improved with 20 ElO.
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>sorry but this is not fully correct.
>>>
>>>Shredder 8 CB was the upgrade to Shredder 7 CB look the SSDF list to see how
>>>much better it is.
>>>
>>>Shredder 8 UCI is the upgrade of Shredder 704 UCI (In this case one needs to buy
>>>Shredder 8 CB and register for Shredder Classic. One can argue that this is more
>>>expensive than Shredder 7, but still less than Deep Fritz 8)
>>>
>>>Unfortunately SSDF did not test Shredder 8 UCI with Shredder Classic interface,
>>>but it is sure it is stronger than Shredder 8 CB, so the above statements are
>>>not 100% correct.
>>>
>>>Also it is not true that we would be happy with 20 Elo points improvements. We
>>>are working a lot to make real improvements...if we are quiet it is because we
>>>are working.
>>>
>>>We are not making any claims because the new version is not ready, so we do not
>>>know yet how much stronger it will be...I call this "professional".
>>>
>>>Sandro
>>
>>
>>Just a quick question. I saw in the thread announcing the SSDF results between
>>Shredder 8 and CT2004 that both you and Stefan think that Shredder Classic 1.1
>>is stronger than Shredder 8. Is this true or was there a misunderstanding on
>>some level?
>
>Shredder Classic 1.1 is the latest version of the interface.
>
>We believe Shredder 8 UCI running on Shredder Classice 1.1 interface with
>Shredder8a.bkt is the strongest commmercial version of Shredder 8.
>
>We believe it is about 25 points stronger than Shredder 8CB
>
>To get that one needs to buy Shredder 8 CB and register to Shredder Classic in
>order to get the Shredder8a.bkt book free.
>
>Ciao
>Sandro
>
>>
>>                                          Albert

Hello,

If You have Shredder Classic 6.1 interface, You can import Shredder8a.bkt free.
Can't You?

Gregory



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