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Subject: Re: Which engines best for sparring mode in Fritz 6.0 interface?

Author: Frederic Friedel

Date: 15:43:15 08/06/00

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On August 06, 2000 at 18:28:12, Roger D Davis wrote:

>I understand that engines which are more tactically-oriented find more
>combinations that favor the player in the Fritz 6 interface.
>
>Does this work with Winboard engines, too? If so, which Winboard engine is the
>best "sparring partner"? That is, which generates the possibility for the most
>combinations favoring the human player?
>

Generally it is the (tactically) strongest engine that will work best. The
engine needs to find tactics in order to set them up for the opponent. At the
same time the interface tries to select only shots that are instructive, e.g. if
you trade off a defending piece of the opponent then you can capture a pawn or
fork two pieces. There is a large amount of computing involved, so the faster
the engine the better.



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