

How did the "modern" engines do? On a single core with a 3-minute time limit the following engines passed the test: According to Stockfish the evaluation should be closer to 2.25. Solid did select 31.Nd5 and favored white by 0.45. In the match up between Solid and Kamikaze the Triple Brain went with Kamikaze's move, but it was even less sure about the analysis. Triple Brain selected Beancounter's 31.Ke1, but it wasn't too sure that was the best move, only 6 percent. Per the instructions I matched up the Beancounter and the Gambit versions and neither found the correct move. Also, what other engines could find it?, I asked. I tried a little test after I ran across the a position from a game that was touting the merits of Fritz 15 when it found 31.Nd5 against Black Mamba. Think about this.in order to decide which move was the best wouldn't the Triple Brain engine have to be stronger than either of the other two? If it wasn't, how would it know which move was better?!įor the Triple Brain to work best you should combine two engines with about equal playing strength but different playing styles. This feature, from what I have read, gives poor results and, really, is not particularly useful. In its own search window the Triple Brain will display a value between 0 and 100 percent which indicates how sure about its choice the Triple Brain is. While two engines are analyzing, a third engine will decide which move or analysis is better. The program also has what is called a Triple Brain which combines the strengths of two different engines to get the optimum for analyzing.

I cannot say exactly how these engines differ because I've never seen an explanation. It has four different versions of the engine: Solid, Beancounter, Gambit and Kamikaze. Shredder 4 Classic dates back to 2009, so by chess engine standards it's pretty long of tooth, but Shredder Classic has the same engine and the same knowledge as Shredder 12 and Deep Shredder 12, but its calculations are not as fast or as efficient. On the CCLR 40/40 list Deep Shredder 12 is pretty far down in 26th place with 3029 rating. To tell the truth, I don't have much use for it and I am not particularly fond of the interface, but it's been fun tinkering with it. On a whim I downloaded the Shredder Classic Demo which is a restricted test version you can try free for 30 days to my surprise the license code activated the program. Three or four computers ago I purchased Shredder Classic 4 so it's long gone, but the other day while looking on a backup CD for another document I discovered the old license code.
