Shredder chess on IPhone

Hey all, recently got the shredder chess app on my iPhone, it was a bit pricey, but it seems pretty good. One thing it supposedly can do is measure your rating as you play, and adjust to create a similar strength opponent. It also tries to work out your Elo rating as you go.
Now if you have a quick glance over at my profile you can see I'm nowhere near as good as Shredder chess seems to think I am, but for some reason I beat it on a higher setting... I've put a couple of examples down here, for higher rated peeps to take a glance at. I'm sure I've made errors in these games (I always do!) but this means that shredder chess made larger ones? I basically want to know if I just got lucky a few times or if this chess engine is really predicting my rating too high...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your time

Nah you can't be 1700 playing like that, maybe I should buy it... i'd be 2300 :D

Thats what I reckoned, I mean even on the opening it played a bit oddly. 
Heh, must be a feel-good chess programme :D

Just got it myself - pretty impressive, isn't it?

Just looked at first game.  It played horribly.  No where near a 1672 rating.  

I think the ELO is a bit optimistic.  I'm at like a 1350 on it and I'd be lucky to be playing like an 1150 right now...

Who cares what number it says though?  It's not as glitchy as glaurung.  It's a fun sparring partner and excellent for chess on the go.

I've got a bunch of chess engines.  Maybe the chess.com engine is stronger?

I've found that the Hiarcs app is a much tougher (more accurate?) judge of your rating than is Shredder.  tChess Pro just added the ability to evaluate and track a user rating as well, but I haven't used it enough to compare.

Interesting, I have the same program on my EDGE iPhone and it plays very strongly. I have mine set on the "aggressive" setting, makes things more interesting IMO.

I emailed the game development team sometime back. The rating system uses a n-400\800 variable. Meaning if you play it at elo2600 and you play poorly you will get an elo 1800-2200 rating depending on your version. It keeps adjusting shredders strength down until you beat it, giving you a much more accurate rating. Puppaz wrote: Hey all, recently got the shredder chess app on my iPhone, it was a bit pricey, but it seems pretty good. One thing it supposedly can do is measure your rating as you play, and adjust to create a similar strength opponent. It also tries to work out your Elo rating as you go.Now if you have a quick glance over at my profile you can see I'm nowhere near as good as Shredder chess seems to think I am, but for some reason I beat it on a higher setting... I've put a couple of examples down here, for higher rated peeps to take a glance at. I'm sure I've made errors in these games (I always do!) but this means that shredder chess made larger ones? I basically want to know if I just got lucky a few times or if this chess engine is really predicting my rating too high...                               Thanks for your time

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