Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 09:14:54 05/08/01
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On May 08, 2001 at 10:33:36, Christopher R. Dorr wrote: >2. The playing engine interface. You'd be surprised by how often you end up >deciding you'd like to try out some idea when you are looking at a given >position or game in the database. CA makes it very easy to do so. just clikc one >button, and you can choose whhic engine to play the position out against. A bit less comfortable, but if you own Fritz or better, a Fritz Family program, you'll be able to switch with one button back and forth as well. >3. The ease of adding Winboard engines. If you are training, it isn't good to go >up against a 2600 GM all the time. Unless you are a strong master, you will not >win from a relatively equal position, regardless of the value of your ideas. I >have added (with basically 3 or 4 clicks) a number of Winboard engines (faile, >etc) that are significantly weaker than Tiger or Crafty which are included. >When learning an opening or working on an ending, I have foiund it useful to >start with a weaker program and work my way up. That can also be done fairly easy under CB8 (Winboard adapter), quite some native engines are available for free from CB.. >4. Chess Tiger and Tiger Gambit are included with CA. Arguably the strongest >programs available. ....amongst the strongest..... ;)) Good bargain, though. Very good. >5. The transposition tree is lightning fast. using the 1,500,000 game database >that comes with CA, I *never* have to wait for the tree to catch up with me. >Searches are fast and intuitive. > That's a pro. I think the CB7/8 tree is too slow indeed. >6. Search capabilities are excellent in both, but I have never found a search >that I wanted to do that CA could not do. And quickly. I wanted to search for a >type of ending where I had 2 connected passers and a rook against a B and 3 >pawns. I founf several games after setting up the search filter very easily and >quickly. > Right. Especially CB8 has to refine it's search routine. Too often it doens't find board position and with manual search (if yuo know what game to look for) it *is* in the database. >There are many otehr reasons that they are both excellent programs. Bob Pawlak >has done his usual excellent and thorough job reviewing both. In my opinion, CA >is a better value for the money, but I don't think you can go wrong either way. And a few shareware/freeware proggies are closing in..... SCID..... to name a **few*** :)) J.
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