Shredder (chess)
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Shredder is a very strong chess program developed by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen.
As of March 2004 it's the current World Computer Speed Chess Champion (See World Computer Chess Championships).
It has won nine different World Championships in its history:
- Jakarta 1996: World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
- Paderborn 1999: Computer Chess World Champion and World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
- London 2000: World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
- Maastricht 2001: World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
- Maastricht 2002: Blitz World Champion.
- Graz 2003: Computer Chess World Champion and Blitz World Champion.
- Tel Aviv 2004: Blitz World Champion.
Sample game
The following game was played between Shredder (playing as black) and List (Chess) at the 2003 World Computer Chess Championship. Shredder sacrifices a piece in exchange for a strong initiative in a position too complex for the computer to calculate to the end, displaying its impressive positional understanding of the game.
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qa4 Bc5 6.Nb5 Nf6 7.e5 Nxe5 8.Bf4 Nfg4 9.Nh3 f6 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 hxg4 12.Bxe5 fxe5 13.Qxg4 O-O 14.O-O-O d5 15.Rhf1 Bd7 16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Kb1 Bd4 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Kxb2 Qb6+ 20.Kc1 Qa6 21.Rd2 Rc4 22.Qg6 Be8 23.Qd3 Qxa2 24.Kd1 Qa1+ 25.Nc1 Ba4 26.Qg6 Rf6 27.Qg5 Rf5 28.Qe3 Qb2 29.Qe2 e4 30.f4 e3 31.Qxe3 Bxc2+ 32.Ke2 Re4 0-1
External link
- Shredder home page (http://www.shredderchess.com)
- Shredder's games on ChessGames.com (http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=65852)de:Shredder (Schach)