Author: Mark Young
Date: 21:22:22 11/13/98
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On November 13, 1998 at 23:05:50, odell hall wrote: >Hi > > > I am interested in knowing which style of chess has historically Produced the >best play among chess programs? I know that A few years ago Genius Dominated the >computer chess world with it's hypersolid play. In my opinion Fritz 5 has a >similiar style although it is known to be a tactician, My Personal Opinion is >that it plays rather Dry boring chess against humans, however it's play tends to >be more dynamic versus computers. Genius is basically a drawmaster, and also >plays boring chess although it will shock you here and there with a tactical >brilliancy!. I prefer the active styles of Rebel , Nimzo98 and Hiarcs6. These >programs seem to have dominated recently. When it comes to playing humans it seems that Rebel and Hiarcs are tops, I would not put Nimzo98 into the same class when it comes to playing humans. I think Rebel has always been a bit better when Hiarcs in this repect to playing humans. IMO Rebel is best because it may not always play the best move in a pure tactical sence(may miss some deep combos the Fritz 5 might see), but it is the best at avoiding positionally suicidal moves that many other programs do when playing strong human players. I think this is the key to Rebel & Hiarcs good showing playing strong humans. I think it is better when playing humans for the program not to beat itself, but to have the human beat it, even if this means a bit slower tactics, but it is a fine balance to get both right.
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