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Shredder (software)

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Shredder
Original author(s)Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
Initial release1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Stable release
13 / November 22, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-22) [1]
TypeChess engine
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.shredderchess.com

Shredder is a commercial chess engine and graphical user interface (GUI) developed in Germany by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen in 1993. Shredder won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1996 and 2000, the World Computer Chess Championship in 1999 and 2003, the World Computer Speed Chess Championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007, and the World Chess Software Championship in 2010.

The Shredder engine version 10.0 was released in June 2006. Version 11.0 was released in October 2007. Version 12 was released in January 2010. The "Deep" version takes advantage of multiple CPUs or multiple core CPUs. Version 13 was released on 30 October 2016. Version 13 is about 300 Elo better than Version 12.

Shredder is one of the few commercial chess programs which is available not only for Windows and Mac OS, but also for Linux. Shredder is also available on the iPhone, the iPad[2] and Android.[3] GNOME Chess[4] is used as the graphical front-end for Shredder.

Competition results

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Shredder has participated in a number of computer chess tournaments since its inception. The following events are the tournaments in which Shredder has won.

Year Location Title
1996 Jakarta Micro Computer World Champion
1999 Paderborn Micro Computer World Champion
Computer Chess World Champion
2000 London 17th World Micro Computer World Champion
2001 Maastricht Micro Computer World Champion Single CPU
2002 Blitz World Champion
2003 Graz Computer Chess World Champion
Blitz World Champion
2004 Tel Aviv Blitz World Champion
2005 Reykjavík Blitz World Champion
2006 Mainz Chess960 World Champion
2007 Amsterdam Blitz World Champion
2010 Kanazawa Chess Software World Champion
2013 Yokohama Blitz World Champion
2015 Leiden Chess Software World Champion

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shredder News". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Shredder Chess for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store". Apple.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Shredder Computer Chess Download - Shredder for Android". ShredderChess.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  4. ^ "GNOME Chess App - Wiki". Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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