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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