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'''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 [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Macintosh operating systems|Mac OS]], but also for [[Linux]]. Shredder is also available on the [[iPhone]], the [[iPad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shredder-chess/id308032437|title=Shredder Chess for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store|publisher=Apple.com|access-date=5 April 2011}}</ref> and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shredderchess.com/chess-program/shredder-android.html|title=Shredder Computer Chess Download - Shredder for Android|publisher=ShredderChess.com|accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref> [[GNOME Chess]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Chess|title=GNOME Chess App - Wiki|accessdate=1 May 2023}}</ref> is used as the graphical front-end for Shredder.

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

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!Location
!Title
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| 1996 || [[Jakarta]] || Micro Computer World Champion
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|rowspan=2| 1999 ||rowspan=2| [[Paderborn]] || Micro Computer World Champion
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| Computer Chess World Champion
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| 2000 || [[London]] || 17th World Micro Computer World Champion
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| 2001 ||rowspan=2| [[Maastricht]] || Micro Computer World Champion Single CPU
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| 2002 || Blitz World Champion
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|rowspan=2| 2003 ||rowspan=2| [[Graz]] || Computer Chess World Champion
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| Blitz World Champion
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| 2004 ||  [[Tel Aviv]] || Blitz World Champion
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| 2005 ||  [[Reykjavík]] || Blitz World Champion
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| 2006 ||  [[Mainz]] || Chess960 World Champion
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| 2007 ||  [[Amsterdam]] || Blitz World Champion
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| 2010 ||  [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]] || Chess Software World Champion
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| 2013 ||  [[Yokohama]] || Blitz World Champion
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| 2015 ||  [[Leiden]] || Chess Software World Champion
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==See also==
*[[Computer chess]]
*[[Fischer random chess]]
*[[Universal Chess Interface]]
*[[World Computer Chess Championship]]
*[[Top Chess Engine Championship]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{official website|www.shredderchess.com}}
*{{chessgames player|id=65852|name=Shredder}}

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