Author: Ingo Bauer
Date: 04:07:55 02/14/05
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On February 14, 2005 at 06:56:38, Ingo Bauer wrote: >On February 14, 2005 at 04:54:37, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On February 13, 2005 at 17:40:32, Ingo Bauer wrote: >> >>>On February 13, 2005 at 17:13:00, Darren Rushton wrote: >>> >>>>What is the concensus ref. Shredder 9 (Chessbase) vs. Shredder 9 UCI >>>>strengthwise? >>>> >>>>Are they exactly the same program just supporting 2 different interfaces, or is >>>>the UCI version stronger? >>> >>>Both engines are absolutly identical! >>> >>>With S8/7 the UCI version was usually ~2% faster, maybe because they are EXE >>>files while the CB version is a dll. I have not checked this with Shredder 9 but >>>to prove the difference you would need a couple of 10000 games to be sure that >>>there is a difference in strength. >>> >>>Again, to clarify this, both versions have an identical code base. >>> >>>Bye >>>Ingo >> >>And oddly I decided not to buy either. >> >>With the Chessbase version I get the strong engine, yet I am stuck in one >>interface. >> >>With the Shredder Classic 1.2 version, I get the strong engine, and a strong >>book, but I can't use the book in anything but that interface. > >With that logic you can not buy any Fritz, Tiger, Junior, Hiarcs ... in the >future and you should not have bought them in the past because ... ... there never "was" or will be a free UCI engine with them! Sorry had to correct that! :-) Ingo
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