Author: José Carlos
Date: 04:26:20 12/17/00
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On December 17, 2000 at 00:19:01, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On December 16, 2000 at 21:33:59, Garry Evans wrote: > >>Someone have any ideals on who are the best? I hear Shredder is good, also Fritz >>and junior? I am interested only in its endgame ability. Are there test suites >>for this purpose? > >Shredder is probably the best, I'm basing this on having observed it in various >computer tournaments. It has won alot of crucial games in the ending or late >middlegame(eg. see Paderborn WCCC vs Rebel and Junior) and saved a good number >of lost ones. This seems to be why it is one of the hardest programs to beat! > >The other program to get a very notable mention is crafty. While crafty's >opening book and middlegame play might lag a little behind some of the >commercial programs, I think it is right up there with its endgame. In fact, I >wouldn't be surprised if it is better than alot of commercial programs in the >endgame. Bob has put alot of effort into understanding passed pawns and >potential passed pawns, and of course crafty uses tablebases very well. > >cheers, >Peter I'd also name Genius and Hiarcs which, some time ago, were the best endgame players by a huge difference. José C.
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