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Subject: Re: Deep Analysis

Author: Michael Nolan

Date: 09:54:31 03/14/04

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On March 14, 2004 at 12:40:31, Bob Durrett wrote:
>Although I cannot give a definitive answer, I have often used several different
>engines to do automatic analysis, [which I call "overnight analysis" since I
>typically have the program running at night while I'm sleeping,] of  a serious
>game.  Generally, Shredder seems to give the best results most of the time and
>Fritz second.  Junior behaves like a wild horse, often diverging widely from the
>other engines.  Note that a PV is ***NOT*** displayed in this mode.  Analysis
>lines presented in such analyses are not PVs.
>For analysis with the human present, Fritz is my choice since Shredder still
>appears to have a credibility problem with it's PV.  When I'm sitting in front
>of the computer screen, I use infinite analysis mode.

PV?  Is that Position Value?  When you say that Shredder's PV has a credibility
problem, could you elaborate?  Did you mean that none of the engines display a
PV when in Automatic Analysis?  Or just for Junior?  Thanks, Bob, sorry for my
inexperience with these terms.
Mike Nolan



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