Product Description

Shredder 12 for Linux combine extremely powerful chess play with easy handling. The level of play of the program can be adjusted to any chess playing strength, so that everyone can find an adequate chess partner. Many functions are available foranalyzing one's own chess games, including a built-in chess coach, who is alert to mistakes and helps improve your chess play.

What's New in Shredder 12 for Linux

* Improved chess engine, more than 100 ELO stronger than the predecessor
* Simulates a human player with any playing strength
* Makes typical human mistakes
* Rates your play in normal or rated games
* Shredder adapts his playing strength automatically to your strength
* Graphical display of your progress
* Improved coach mode
* Automatic display of the chess position from anywhere in the notation or the engine output
* Improved opening book
* Improved engine tournaments
* Easier to operate
* Many more improvements

Other features

* User interface that is easy to handle and can be set up individually
* Many different sets of pieces and chessboards
* Chess engine with extremely powerful play, that can be individually adjusted and configured
* Built-in Chess coach, who is alert of mistakes and suggests better moves
* Own games can be automatically examined for mistakes
* Direct access to online chess opening database with more than 16 million moves
* Direct access to huge online endgame database with more than 1200 GB data
* Shredderbases: new extremely fast and compact chess endgame databases
* Support for Nalimov endgame databases
* Opening advisor allows Shredder to play much better without opening book
* Graphical display of the game history
* Optional digital chess clocks
* Shredder is able to resign and to offer and accept draws
* Moves can easily be entered by mouse or keyboard
* Games can be provided with alternative lines and comments
* Multi variation analysis
* Free, open protocol between chess user interface and chess engine (UCI protocol)
* Several chess engines that differ in their playing style

System Requirements

Supported OS: All x86-based computers with Linux and JAVA 1.5 or higher
RAM: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
Drive: DVD

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