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Subject: Re: Shredder 4 help....

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 16:13:46 01/10/00

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On January 09, 2000 at 17:50:51, Ivan Bacigal  wrote:

>On January 09, 2000 at 17:05:04, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On January 09, 2000 at 13:12:12, Ivan Bacigal  wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>Is this the normal shredder 4 style? Could somebody check their program please
>>>and tell me if it's the same, thanks.
>>>
>>>Combinations, Strategic search, Pawn Structures, Plans, are all selected.
>>>
>>>Piece Value:
>>>Queen 100
>>>Rook 100
>>>Bishop 100
>>>Knight 100
>>>Pawn 100
>>>(should these all be the same....)
>>>
>>>Under Evaluation Parameters everything is 100
>>>
>>>Forward Pruning 2
>>>Selectivity 12
>>>Draw Value 0
>>>
>>>Is this normal?? This is what comes up when I hit Default. I was just wondering
>>>if this is all correct. Also, has anyone come up wih stronger settings? Just
>>>wondering.
>>>Thanks,
>>
>>It is OK. By the way, aren't you the guy that programmed a little chess engine
>>called Waxman? If it is so, why did you stop development' Last one has several
>>years...
>>Fernando
>
>Wow, I'm surprised you remembered about Waxman! It played pretty good at the
>time... Yes it has been several years though. The reasons for stopping were long
>and complicated, it involved the "friendly" people at Check-Tech Software, but
>that is in the past. Thanks you for help on Shredder I think I'm going to like
>CCC :)
>Thanks,

Your are right. Waxman was not easy to beat at all. It is a pity the issue is by
now "in the past" . I asume you was cheated, disappointed or else by Chek-Tech,
but anyway maybe you should take another try with Waxman. If there is a place
tyo get support for that is this place.
Fernando



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