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Mac Chess program pwns Windows Chess Machines

dual g5As you all probably know by now, I am a chess fan. I'm also a Mac enthusiast, so I was pleased to hear that this year's 5th International Dutch Computer Chess Championship, held from June 3rd to June 5th in Leiden, Netherlands, was won by a program called Shredder that was running on a dual 2.7Ghz Power Macintosh G5.

Take that you Windows-based chess programs! Ha!

[via MacInTouch

As you all probably know by now, I am a chess fan. I'm also a Mac enthusiast, so I was pleased to hear that this year's 5th International...
 

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Buthidae

Come to think of it, I don't actually know anyone who has beaten Mac OS X's Chess.app! Has anyone done it?

July 22 2005 at 1:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew J Garcia

I think that it could also be said that if one were looking for the best computer based competition for practice, then he/she would look to Shredder on a Mac. Mere mortals like myself fear any computer based chess game whether it be on PC or Mac. And I'm sure Shredder on any platform would not only pwn C.K., but probably anyone else who read this extremely nerdy post.

July 22 2005 at 11:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
C.K. Sample, III

It's just a news blurb, but even Apple are bragging about it, so I don't think it's that stupid: "Shredder Wins Dutch Computer Chess Championships 2005 Shredder Macintosh version debuted at and won the 5th International Dutch Computer Chess Championships 2005 in Leiden, Netherlands. Its reportedly the first time that a computer chess program running on a Macintosh computer has won a major computer chess event. [Jul 20, 2005]" from http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

July 22 2005 at 10:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gorgliat

Would Shredder win if it ran on a PC? If so, your claim is true.

July 21 2005 at 10:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gorgliat

Would Shredder win if it ran on a PC? If so, your claim is true.

July 21 2005 at 10:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
matt miga

This is a really stupid post.

July 21 2005 at 7:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SM

Oh no, call Steve up and tell him that the move to Intel is a big mistake afterall. LOL, this doesn't actually prove anything about the efficiency of the G5 over the Intel machines. It is more about the Shredder code, which uses a very large opening library database, which doesn't even have to reside on the computer, but can be accessed via the Internet.

July 21 2005 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric B.

Nerdiest. Story. Ever.

July 21 2005 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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