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Subject: Re: Shredder 9 as opposed to Shredder 9 UCI ?????

Author: Helmut Conrady

Date: 00:13:29 05/15/05

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On May 15, 2005 at 01:41:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On May 15, 2005 at 00:33:16, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>
>>On May 15, 2005 at 00:03:50, Brian Katz wrote:
>>
>>>On May 14, 2005 at 23:31:38, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 14, 2005 at 22:38:59, Brian Katz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>What is the difference between Shredder 9 from Chessbase and Shredder 9 UCI that
>>>>>can be purchased from the Shredderchess.com???
>>>>>
>>>>>Will I be able to copy the Shredder UCI engine and use it in my Fritz 8 program
>>>>>in an engine tournament or for personal use???
>>>>>
>>>>>Please give your expert opinions.
>>>>>I need to decide whether the Purchase the Disk from Chessbase,which can take
>>>>>days to obtain, or download the files from Shredderchess.com and get it
>>>>>immediately.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks again
>>>>>
>>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>I purchased Shredder 9 UCI via download.  It comes with its own GUI and since it
>>>>is a UCI engine, you can use it in the ChessBase Fritz 8 GUI (or Junior or
>>>>Hiarcs ...) just fine.  The only hitch is that the opening book that comes with
>>>>S9 UCI is a wonderful book by Sandro Necchi (hope I spelled that right) and it
>>>>CANNOT be used in any way with the ChessBase GUIs -- it can only be used in the
>>>>Shredder 9 interface that comes with the program you download.
>>>>
>>>>So, S9 UCI runs in the ChessBase F8 GUI with some other opening book you build
>>>>or you can use the F8 book or ...
>>>>
>>>>Roy
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks so much for your speedy reply. I am assuming that the playing strength
>>>between Chessbases' Shredder 9 and the Shredder 9 UCI is the same.............
>>>Also, if only used on a single processor..............wouldl Deep Shredder 9 UCI
>>>have the same playing streghth as Shredder 9 UCI??
>>>
>>>Thanks again..
>>>
>>>Brian
>>
>>
>>The engine is the same for Shredder 9 UCI and ChessBase Shredder 9 -- that I do
>>know.  I am not certain about Deep Shredder though.  I think Kurt may have
>>already addressed that previously though. You might check the archives...
>>
>>Roy
>
>      Yes, the engines are the same. I can't say anything about
>      Deep Shredder on a single CPU.
>      Kurt

SMK often used the Deep-Version in single-CPU tournaments. It`s no problem to
use this version with ONE CPU.

Helmut



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