Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 11:12:42 11/13/03
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On November 12, 2003 at 14:53:43, Jasmine Baer wrote: >Hi, > >I've been a happy owner of Fritz 8 for the past 3 weeks. During that time I've >only scratched the surface of the program's capabilites - playing, analysis, >engine matches, etc. I've also collected several free chess engines that I use >to conduct engine matches - Aristarch, Yace, Crafty, Ruffian (boy, this one is >tough), etc. > >Does anyone have a recommendation on the next commercial chess program I should >look into purchasing? Specifically, I would like one that differs as much as >possible in playing style when compared to Fritz 8. I hear things like >"Suchandsuch 13.9 plays much more positionally," or "Flarbin Blah 9.0 is a >tactical monster." Is anyone out there able to offer some guidance on which of >the following programs play most differently from Fritz? > >Hiarcs 9 >Junior 8 >Shredder 7 >Chess Tiger 15 > >Any other strong commercial programs that I'm missing? If I was going to get a new commercial engine, I would get one that has something extra to offer. The Lokasoft engines come with the full version of ChessPartner. Rebel supports Winboard. Sjeng supports Winboard and UCI. Shredder supports UCI, and it is obviously super strong. I would get one of those: Sjeng, Rebel, Tiger (Lokasoft), or Shredder. Junior and Hiarcs definitely have interesting playing styles though, and you mentioned wanting something "different".
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