Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 03:30:22 02/11/05
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On February 11, 2005 at 05:53:55, Franz Hagra wrote: >>Because the advertisers decided it in this way. >> >>Helmut > >Maybe the wrong decicion for SMK and a good for ChessBase, because now it makes >more sence to buy the CB-version of S9 (for a CB only user) instead of the >uci-version (and in this case more money left for SMK) > >Hagra I have many CB engines and Chessbase 9, so I don't need the CB GUI. To me, it made much more sense buying the UCI version directly from Stefan (which I did). That way, I got a new interface (a good one), the UCI Shredder 9 engine, which works well with both CB and all other interfaces (which the CB version doesn't), and a good huge opening book optimized for Shredder. It's no more expensive buying from SMK, since CB charges shipping ... with SMK you pay no shipping & get your engine instantly. I don't see why to buy the CB version for us ... do we need the same GUI, plus the same 500,000 games *again*? I don't think so. As far as not having a backup CD with a download, there is a way around that too. I copied the 2 downloaded zip files (5 mb for S9 and 17 mb for the book) to a CD, and wrote "Shredder 9" plus the license key info on it. That way, I *do* have a backup. Personally, I also like it that SMK, who created the engine & did the work, got most of the money I paid, and not Chessbase! (which already has lots of my money). Just my 2 cents (or .02 Euro) worth. By the way ... Shredder 9 *rocks*. So far, in tests using 25 Nunn2 positions, with each engine playing white & black for each position, 4' + 2" per game, I got the following, against 2 engines known to be good blitzers: Shredder 9 30 1/2 Junior 9 19 1/2 Shredder 9 33 Hiarcs 9 17 Yes, I know we need lots of more games and at different time controls to know the true elo increase, but I was impressed with the above and the quality of S9's wins. Even more impressive, S9 is not supposed to be best at blitz, yet it beat the stuffing out of 2 good blitzers from equal positions anyway. I have found SMK's interface to be a good one and it's good to play against when setting the elo. I'm a good player, but have *no* chance against Shredder 9 unleashed (do any of us?). This way, I can win some games in a realistic fashion. Mark Anderson
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