For computer chess experts Shredder is the number one choice. Nobody can ignore its amazing five computer chess world championship titles, won at Jakarta 1996, Paderborn 1999, London 2000, Maastricht 2001 and Graz 2003. So in this box you have the reigning double world champion 2003, ready to play and analyse with you. The world champion chess program Shredder 8 for single and multi-processor systems. You can configure the engine - the module that calculates chess move - and change the program parameters to actually improve its performance in practical games. After tuning your Shredder you can test the engine in Internet games played automatically on the ChessBase chess server. Original Fritz interface: Included in the Shredder 8 pack age is the latest Fritz interface with extensive training and entertainment features for beginners, club players and grandmasters. It also gives you full and free access to the ChessBase Playchess server (1 year), where you can play games against people all over the world. Naturally the Shredder 8 engine runs under the Fritz interface. Endgame database: Shredder 8 gives you perfect access to the endgame databases. These contain perfect play information on all three and four piece endings. Tournament openings book: The enhanced and extended Shredder openings book gives you full statistical information for every move that has been played in the current position. In addition you get a database with 500,000 historic and current games.
