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Subject: Re: deep junior 8

Author: Pavel Blokhine

Date: 19:57:37 06/03/03

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On June 03, 2003 at 22:01:40, Derek Paquette wrote:

>JUNIOR 8 : This is the updated and ....revised version of the ZX and YY engine.
>It is developed and is good against both humans and computers.  I play a super
>grandmaster, and I've used all engines against him.
>JUNIOR ZX : This is an AMAZING engine vs humans, outstanding. Its middle game is
>incredible vs humans...just unbelievable, has brought me many victories against
>my Super Gm buddy.
>JUNIOR YY : This engine is more defensive and less of a 'risk' taker than the ZX
>engine, ,but was designed for the same purpose to fight Kasparov.  It doesn't do
>as well though...
>the ZX engine was the engine used in game 5, where it found the SAC on H2.
>
>The YY engine was used in game one, it lost.
>
>So overall, great engines, don't use ZX and YY engines vs programs, they don't
>do too great, they aren't DESIGNED to do good, if i hear one more person bash
>those 2 engines I am going to scream


I used the ZX engines in the playchess.com engine room and it did very well,
taking me to my highest rating ever and I also won a tournament with it. And
many people were using YY and ZX today and they were killing the others. So i
don't know where this notion that they" don't do too great come from".



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