Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 14:41:23 04/07/04
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On April 07, 2004 at 16:25:19, Alan Grotier wrote: >> >>No matter what kind of computer and software you use you are likely to be >>disappointed with the amount of time it takes to produce believable analysis >>results. These are disappointing times in the chess-playing program world and >>it may only be after we are all dead and gone before the programs can produce >>instantaneous GM-level analyses. >> >>It takes quite a bit of innovativeness on the part of the user to obtain good >>analyses since the current crop of chess-playing programs do not have infinite >>horizons and the programmers have not yet found out how to make their programs >>play good strategic chess. >> >>Just make the best of what you have and learn to live with it. : ( >> >>Bob D. > > Bob, > An interesting comment.So if you had to put a qualifier > to the analysis obtained from the present day engines > where would you rate them? 1500-1800,1800-2200 range? > > And In your opinion which is the best to-day program > for analysis. Don't mean to put you on the spot....alan I like Dann Corbit's answer. If the analyses are VERY important to you then use several different engines and compare the results. Also, note that the purpose of the analyses does have an impact on what you should do. Analyses of casual blitz games should probably be limited to very fast blunderchecking. Any engine would do just fine for that. Analyses used to support correspondence chess should be much more thorough. One might conceive other situations where even more detailed analyses might be needed. There is no way anyone can say with absolute certainty which chess-playing program is best for "analysis" since such a statement would have to be based on extensive testing and that has not been done, insofar as I know. Dann said he preferred Shredder and understandably so since Shredder is currently at the top of the SSDF rating list. I prefer Fritz because Fritz's PVs are more useful to me than Shredder's PVs. If you are doing endgame analyses you will want to use tablebases [i.e. your chess-playing program should be able to use tablebases.] What else can I say? Until you pin down the types and purposes of your analyses, I can only give you generalities. For me to be specific you must be specific. You still have not said what kind of computer you are using. Bob D.
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