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Subject: Re: Could we get a Shredder 9.04 upgrade coming out of IPCCC?

Author: Thomas Logan

Date: 07:59:08 02/27/05

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On February 27, 2005 at 07:22:44, Sandro Necchi wrote:

>On February 27, 2005 at 07:19:01, Rex wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:54:25, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:27:00, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:09:15, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 06:00:06, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 05:54:35, Rex wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>With all that was learned out of IPCCC I sure would like a "free" update.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Enjoy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>      I am almost sure that there will be no such update.
>>>>>>      At Paderborn an experimental version of Shredder 9
>>>>>>      is participating and nobody knows about the real
>>>>>>      playing strength of it.
>>>>>>      Kurt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>No, we have used the same 9.0 version.
>>>>>
>>>>>We only used a modified book for the tournament...an intermediate version for
>>>>>the next WCCC or match against Hydra hoping someone can arrange it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sandro
>>>>
>>>>Hydra has beated Shredder once in a match (and here in Paderborn), what can they
>>>>gain from a rematch?
>>>
>>>Again the have beaten a buggy version in Dubai.
>>>Before the match I stated to Stefan that that buggy version would have lost some
>>>games and won none...which did happen exactly...there are some friends of mine
>>>to whom I told my expectations before the match and that can confirm my
>>>statement.
>>>
>>>Here we were better but we reached a position where there was a strong attack on
>>>the king and we missed it as this is the major weakness in our actual version.
>>>We will improve this.
>>
>>
>>And this is my original question.  Why should we NOT see a Shredder 9.01 free
>>release based on some knowledged learned from IPCCC?  Sure would be nice.
>
>Maybe after the match against Hydra...:-)
>
>Well, do not forget that we cannot test against Hydra while they do and they
>have no money problems at all to test with any kind of harware.
>
>If we will improve the program, as we are planning, we may will make a Shredder
>10 new realease or an upgrade to 9.0 as Stefan will decide later...
>
>First we need to improve the program and beat Hydra...
>
>Sandro

Go Shredder

Go Sandro

Let it be done

Tom



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