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Subject: Re: If you have more than 1 engine, which is favorite to play and why?

Author: pavel

Date: 20:27:45 06/29/02

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On June 29, 2002 at 23:10:07, Tina Long wrote:

>Hi Roy,
>For quick fun games (say 10min +10sec/move) I enjoy the CM8k personalities
>around the 1800-2000 range. (I will buy CM9k because of this.)
>
>For a long serious game Hiarcs732 (I havn't purchased H8), or ChessTiger14.
>These two engines IMO play most like intuative humans.  They are both relativly
>slow searchers, implying more knowledge considerations per move.  My other
>engines Fritz, RebelCentury4, Crafty18, Free's, (again IMO) often play "ugly" or
>"wrong-looking" moves, even though they still beat me easily.
>
>For serious games I often manually play the first few moves for both sides, thus
>"forcing" the opening.  (eg. I'd rather play a White RuyLopez or Sicilian than a
>French or Petroff).
>
>If I was going to buy an Engine, I would probably get the latest Shredder, as
>from what I've read here, it is a "slow-highknowledge" searcher, in the vein of
>Hiarcs.
>
>Cheers,
>Tina
>
>


Yes indeed Shredder is a must have for collectors.
Stefan tells me Shredder7 (which is scheuduled this year) will be "measurably"
stronger than the predecessor.

can't wait ;)

cheers,
pavs



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