Author: stuart taylor
Date: 12:22:02 04/07/04
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On April 07, 2004 at 14:48:18, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 07, 2004 at 09:30:45, stuart taylor wrote: > >>I would be very interested to know peoples appraisals of their favorite chess >>program, and why it is their favorite (or one of them). >> >>But this will be most interesting if it is all honest, and not just off the >>cuff. >> >>Also, it is important to know which other programes you are comparing it to, or >>if it is simply an opinion based on that one alone, without comparing it to >>others. > >Crafty is my favorite open source chess program > >Golem is my favorite punching bag > >Shredder is my favorite professional engine, with Chess Tiger a close second. > >If I want to analyze an esoteric position, I will throw Shredder, Ruffian, List, >Phalanx and Quark at it. Phalanx and Quark sometimes have novel ideas. > >The prettiest code I have seen is Tao's. > >Actually, I like them all for different reasons. I would not want to part with >a single one of them. Well put! "Punching bag" I suppose would mean what you feel gives you most something to aim for, and you feel you COULD be getting somewhere when you really try hard. Also perhaps a feeling of mutuality. "Novel ideas", well, are they things which really work? If so, it must be a terriffic engine. Esoteric? What does THAT mean? Does that engine have ANOTHER aspect of human style/knowledge which all others don't have? unclear positions? S.Taylor
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