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Subject: Re: Which program to buy?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 20:05:44 12/02/01

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On December 02, 2001 at 07:49:40, Marc van Hal wrote:

>On December 02, 2001 at 03:24:01, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On December 02, 2001 at 02:57:47, William Penn wrote:
>>
>>>On December 01, 2001 at 20:04:40, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello all chessfriends! I´ve been away for a while, and I have to admit it, I´m
>>>>not updated on what´s going on in the computerchess-world. So anyway, can
>>>>somebody give me some ideas on which program I should buy? I will use the
>>>>chessprogram mainly for 1-day analysis of different positions. And only
>>>>single-processors should be considered.. Thank you all!
>>>>
>>>>Best regards
>>>>Alvaro
>>>
>>>Look at tournaments people are running here such as ChessFun, Shep, and Jonas
>>>Cahonas. They enter the chess programs/engines in their tournaments which they
>>>think are the strongest competitors, and they are probably right! It's hard to
>>>say for sure which one is the strongest. There are several strong ones of
>>>similar strength at the top of the heap. The SSDF list is also of interest:
>>>http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-36794/ssdf/
>>>I would just caution against Fritz 7 for analysis. From what I hear it doesn't
>>>work right.
>>
>>I read the claims and I do not care if the 10th or the 20th move in the pv is
>>wrong.
>>
>>If I want to get long line then I usually give the program to analyze more than
>>one position by playing against itself.
>>
>>It is known that it is dangerous to trust long pv for all programs because they
>>can miss some tactics that is too deep for them.
>>
>>Uri

<snipped>
>I don't think there is one program which has a good way of deep anelyzing
>positions
>
>Just folowing the mainline first
>and using other tries (wich means lot and lots of work)
>And this mean not only \in the 1st 2nd 3th etc branch
>Will give a better way of looking at a position
>I played in some positions moves wich even did not stand in the branches
>of the program but after playing it it became instantely the mainline!

I do not say never to try moves that the program does nor consider.
I only say that giving the program to play against itself can give more logical
lines than copying the pv.

Uri



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