Author: Henrik Dinesen
Date: 08:04:15 10/03/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 11:17:56, Keith Hyams wrote: >I haven't got the sources for these comments - they are just fragments of >memory. > The increase in Elo rating between S8 and S9 is small - not enough for me to >consider the upgrade. In one set of results that I saw it S9 was +2. Most >results tables put the increase as slightly greater and I have never seen S8 >come out higher than S9. > >One established correspondance player stated that he used Fritz 8 instead of >Shredder because the "analysis of Shredder is all over the place". I was >intrigued by this statement because I was not sure how an engine with analysis >all over the place got the right answer so often. However I think it is >universally accepted that Shredder analysis is optimistic. > >You may want to have a look at Fruit 2.1 if you are looking for consistency in >output. Fruit2.1 is freeware and Fruit2.2 is commercial. > > Keith Shredder 9 is more reliable than earlier versions in analysis, but I usually set selectivety to zero if I want more trustworthy PVs when using Shredder. Regards Henrik
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