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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 - www.shredderchess.com vs CB version - Questions

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 22:44:04 02/24/05

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On February 24, 2005 at 23:48:53, Roy Brunjes wrote:

>I'm debating a purchase of S9. However the question is, which version should I
>purchase?
>
>If I download S9 from www.shredderchess.com, I get S9 UCI.  That comes with a
>book that is custom-built by Sandro for S9. However, that book is NOT usable in
>anything but the S9 classic interface (or so it seems to me).  Is that
correct?

Yes, but the same is true for Shredder 8 UCI and Shredder 7 and 7.04 UCI

>
>If I want to play some games on playchess.com with the S9 engine, then using the
>S8 CB GUI (which I already have) will allow me to do that, but this will force
>me to use S9 as a UCI engine -- right?

Yes.

>
>But, under the S8 CB GUI for playchess.com, what books are available to me?

My book for the CB interface.

> I
>think the Sandro book is NOT available, right?

No.

>That would mean the S8 ChessBase
>opening book is my only "commercial" opening book choice given my selection of
>the CB GUI for use on playchess.com -- right?

This was in Shredder 5.32 and Shredder 6.0, not from Shredder 7.0 and later
versions.

>
>Also, the graphics for the non-CB version of S9 seem less attractive than the CB
>interface. I know this is a matter of personal taste, but perhaps others can
>comment and enlighten me to another option I have overlooked?

Yes, but the Classic interface GUI has been inproved. You can download it for
trial to check if you like it.

>
>Thanks to all the smart folks out there!  Any corrections to my statements above
>are greatly appreciated.
>
>Roy

Sandro



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