Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 20:15:09 05/12/05
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On May 12, 2005 at 22:50:29, Steve Maughan wrote: >Mr Korner > >>If you hang Shredder9 any time either by making the mistake of pressing the X >>button in the top right korner or else by pressing CTRL-Alt-Delete when >>Shredder9 is calculating, Shredder9 refuses to shut down. It does not behave >>like a well mannered Windows program is supposed to. In the above cases, you >>have to reboot the computer because Shedder9 will keep creating clones of >>itself to prevent it from being shut down abnormally. Another small bug I >>found is that it often will report a mate in 150 when it has a winning >>advantage. I suppose the programmer's sense of humour is at work here, but >>these bugs should be corrected. > >Which version of Shedder 9 are you using - ChessBase or UCI? I have not had a >problem with the UCI version. Maybe the Chessbase GUI is buggy and not the >engine - just a thought. > >As regards the mate in 150 - I think you'll find that whenever Shredder 9 >annouces mate in 150 there will indeed be a mate announcement. The "150" figure >can be interpreted as "a mate - but I'm not sure what depth". > >Regards, > >Steve do you mean the Fritz interface when you say UCI? I bought Shredder9. of course it uses the Fritz interface. Also the tree will produce bogus statistics on new moves added to the tree. Also, Retro moves also add up all the previous lines for the N number even though that retro move was played once only. That is misleading and confusing.
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