Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:10:56 12/28/98
Go up one level in this thread
On December 28, 1998 at 14:17:46, RICARDO REGO wrote: >Hi folks, >I am a happy chessplayer. I only play official 30min/game tourneys (My FIDE >rating for rapid chess is 2130). Althought, I love chess and computers, and dont >have enought time for that. (I have more 2 queens in my life. My wife and my >pretty daughter). Well, even in my computer analysis (examining my old games or >preparing for the next tourney) I usually spend no more than 2min. per move. >I do have CB6, Fritz 5, Hiarcs 6, Rebel 10 and Millenium (Genius). My machine is >a P200, with 64 MbRAM, Win95. In your friendly opinion, 1) what is the best >engine to prepare and analyse my games and variations ? The problem is, I dont >have much time for that. 2) Somebody has an idea which engine is better at 30 >min/game. Any of the engines available will do a very good job of analysis -- but not at two minutes per move. The only thing they will find at short time controls is gross tactical blunders. I suggest, instead, that you start the computer analyzing one of your games when you go to bed at night. Let it think for 10-12 minutes per move and see what it has come up with in the morning. This analysis will still be mostly tactical, but will be of much better quality. I suggest also that rather than trying to find out which engine is best, that you run several engines against the same game and examine all of the ideas put forth. Since you can run the computer at night, it won't be wasting your time. A chess database would also be a very good idea. From the same position, what did some of the great players do? (At least for early moves you can use this strategy -- which is also where it is most important). If you find some pivotal move that cost you a game you might even let a computer examine the single position over the weekend. One (free of charge) combination that I enjoy greatly is CDB and Crafty. You can analyze games with this very nicely. EPD2DIAG and Rebel 10 is another excellent choice. Hiarcs also does very nice analysis. I have not had the pleasure of using many other alternatives. I can tell you that the CM series is a pain in the posterior to use for this purpose. One thing to make sure of is that the analysis is generated for both sides. Otherwise, you may get a very lopsided picture.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.