Tips taken from Experts Reccomended Deep Fritz 8 Settings Contempt Value : 15 (0 Default) Selectivity : 3 (Increases Ply and just for blitz games) Computer Queen Value : 2 Computer Bishop Value : 2 Opponent Bishop Value : 1 Note : These settings decreases a little bit tactical power but recently increases endgame power(Recomended to strong book owners :) ) [ENGINE] Name=Shredder Firefox [OPTIONS] Queen=110 Queen (Endgame)=98 Rook=90 Rook (Endgame)=95 Bishop=90 Bishop (Endgame)=95 Knight=90 Knight (Endgame)=95 Pawn=99 Pawn (Endgame)=95 Draw Score=-10 King Safety=130 Center Control=120 Pawn Structure=92 Passed Pawns=107 Passed Pawns (Endgame)=110 Bishop Pair=105 Bishop Pair (Endgame)=105 Knowledge= -37 What do you think about this setting ? (model is Gambit Shredder 8) Friendly André Shredder8 Haddad9.2 Keep Hash Tables=2 Position Learning=2 Prefer Open Positions=1 Use Tablebases=2 Queen=103 Queen (Endgame)=104 Rook=102 Rook (Endgame)=103 Bishop=102 Bishop (Endgame)=103 Knight=104 Knight (Endgame)=104 Pawn=104 Pawn (Endgame)=101 Style=1 Combinations=0 Forward Pruning=2 Selectivity=-1 Draw Score=0 King Safety=115 Center Control=95 Pawn Structure=95 Pawn Structure (Endgame)=100 Passed Pawns=106 Passed Pawns (Endgame)=104 Bishop Pair=105 Bishop Pair (Endgame)=107 Time Usage=100 Knowledge or Speed=0 Threads=1 (1 for single, 2 or 4 for dual or Intel HT)