Author: Sandro Necchi
Date: 10:14:44 02/11/05
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On February 11, 2005 at 06:20:16, Uri Blass wrote: >On February 11, 2005 at 05:30:26, Andreas Schwartmann wrote: > >>On February 10, 2005 at 08:23:24, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On February 10, 2005 at 01:15:59, Ray Banks wrote: >>> >>>>On February 09, 2005 at 22:55:01, George C Williams wrote: >>>> >>>>>Anyone have The Shredder 9 Chessbase version with the CB interface and all? >>>> >>>> >>>>London Chess Centre say they will have it Thursday afternoon UK time. My order >>>>is in ! >>> >>>Why bother? >> >>I bother because the UCI engine cannot use it's own book under Chessbase, so >>you'll need to give it some other, probably weaker book. Hi Uri, > >No need to do it. >You can play matches like the nunn match if you want to test the engine. Some people are interested in the engine alone, but many; probably the great majority like the "total program" which includes everything...book+engine+EGTB... > >> >>Shredder UCI of course can access its native book under Shredder Classic - but >>it cannot play Fritz, Junior or Hiarcs then. > >It can play Fritz and I expect the ssdf to prove it. > >> >>So if you want to use Shredder 9 using it's native book in engine matches that >>really count, you'll need the chessbase version with shredder9.ctg. >> >>Andreas > >You can also use a different book of another chessbase engine like the book of >previous shredder in case that you have it. Of course, but most people want to test the real one...the engine with the real book...the one made for it... > >The question is if shredder9.ctg is superior to previous books. I believe so as I have worked a lot on it... >After chessbase released inferior interface(I have no big expectations from a >new interface and not having new bugs is the most important thing that I expect >from a new interface and if the thing has new bugs that it is easy to find then >I expect a company not to release them) I doubt if they will release a superior >book. Well, the engine and the book are given to them by SMK, so other CB problems have no link with this at all... > >There is a risk that they may release inferior book and later release update >that will cause other problems and I think that customers should not be the beta >testers. There are no expected updates, however it could happen that a further improved book may be given both for UCI and CB GUI in future. If not a better book will be given with the next coming version when available. I believe I can improve the book a lot still, but it takes a lot of time and so these improvements will be included in the book version after version... > >Uri Sandro
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