Author: Mark R. Anderson
Date: 07:11:14 08/17/04
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On August 16, 2004 at 22:52:59, Albert Silver wrote: >On August 16, 2004 at 20:30:06, Tony Nichols wrote: > >> I'm looking for the best engine/settings for tactical analysis of my games. >>Does anyone have any suggestions? > >Freeware or commercial? > >If commercial, I'd guess either CM10K with as yet to be found stellar settings >or Deep Fritz 8. I mention the settings as CM9K is a tactical super wizard, but >is much better using some of the custom settings. If you're patient, a new >Junior is probably not far off, and if the games are to be the judge, should be >quite something. > >If freeware, the best are probably Pro Deo 1.0 (using a custom setting, such as >Q3, is bound to yield even better tactical analysis than the default), Ruffian >1.05, List 5.12 and of course the latest version of Crafty.I'm not up to par on >all the freeware engines, so others may add some tips. > > Albert Albert, I agree that Pro Deo is one of the best tactical engines, and Ruffian and List are also very good, although I can't agree with you on Crafty ... mediocre tactically, but a good engine nevertheless. If you want one more engine that I think is a tactical monster (better than Fritz 8) and also has very good positional sense ... Hiarcs 9. Mark Anderson
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