Shredder 12 by Stefan Meyer Kahlen. No other chess program has won so many world championship titles. The new edition of Shredder is stronger than all previous versions. Meyer Kahlen said: "The improvements are visible all over the place. Especially the search and the evaluation have become much more precise. The engine is 100 Elo points stronger than the predecessor Shredder 11."

Features:

• The new Shredder 12 engine
• Extensive and continually improved Shredder 12 openings book
• New Fritz 12 user interface
• Photo realistic 3D boards in five different designs
• Topical database with 1.5 million games
• 12 months basic access to the world’s biggest chess server Playchess.com

Shredder's world championship titles:

• Jakarta 1996: Micro computer world champion
• Paderborn 1999: Unlimited world champion
• London 2000: Micro computer world champion
• Maastricht 2001: Micro computer world champion
• Maastricht 2002: Blitz computer world champion
• Graz 2003: Unlimited world champion and Blitz computer world champion
• Tel Aviv 2004: Blitz computer world champion
• Reykjavík 2005: Blitz computer world champion
• Mainz 2006 Chess960 computer world champion
• Amsterdam 2007: Blitz computer world champion.

Specifications:

• System requirements:
• Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3), Windows 7, DirectX9 graphics card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows-Media Player 9, internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation). Recommended: PC Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 3 GB RAM, Windows 7, DirectX10 graphics card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or more, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVD ROM drive and internet access (playchess.com, updates and activation)