Hi Jim,
Well, after playing, and resigning, from two games, Shredder now says my ELO
rating is 996, and that it will reduce its playing strength from 1396, where I
experimentally set it from its default of 1400, to 1196. I’m done for tonight,
but I’ll see if I can tell the difference in its playing strength when I try a
game tomorrow.
I’m having a lot of fun.
Evan
From: Jim Homme
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 10:04 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Some Questions About Shredder
Hi Evan,
I'll take a stab at some answers. The numbers you talk about represent the
evaluation graph. It says who is ahead and how far it thinks they are ahead.
I don't understand how to read it. You can turn it on and off in the Settings
tab.
As for finding help, you can see Help in the Info tab. Almost at the bottom you
will see a link to a page of frequently asked questions and answers, and
another one to the web site of the deveeloper, where you can read more help.
As for how it said what opening you were using, it probably either contains the
ECO table of openings or looks it up. For more info
on that, google encyclopedia of chess openings or see Wikipedia about chess
openings. You can also see much of the same information at Wiki Books.
If you are interested, you could also get another chess game for your phone
called ChessWise. It has some different features than Shredder has. For playing
games, I like Shredder best. For checking out openings and end games, I like
Chesswise the best. The paid version of ChessWise lets you play using your
member profile on the Free Internet Chess Server, FICS, if you have one.
Unfortunately, though, the last time I checked, you couldn't set every time
control our group uses. I could be wrong about that, though.
Thanks.
JimWhen it says "This game can still be rated," I am unsure what that means.
On Feb 10, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Guys,
I just played my first game against Shredder. I went twenty moves before I
gave it up. But I’m going to start another one here in a minute.
I think I could get hooked on this app pretty quickly. I know it’s not the
same as playing against a human, but it’s a lot of fun and there are no points
on the line, as well as being great to be able to take moves back and get hints
if I want.
I just had a few questions.
Firstly, does anyone know what this Evaluation number means? It seems to
change every time I look at it. Currently it says Evaluation 3.68 after my 20th
move.
Also, is there a manual for this program that explains the various features?
I hit the About button and the Info button, but I didn’t notice any kind of
documentation. For example, I played White in this first game, and I did not
consciously try a specific opening because I don’t know any, but here it says
Opening C26. How did it get that if I wasn’t playing an opening? Another
example of a question would be that it says at the bottom right of the screen,
“This game can still be rated. Image.” Does anyone know how to activate that
with Voiceover. It doesn’t appear to be a button. I just brought up a Ratings
screen, and it says zero games and zero ratings, so how do I get it to start
rating me. Can I get an ELO rating from it?
Thanks for any advice.
This is truly a great app, and extremely accessible with Voiceover.
Evan
