Author: Rick Hagen
Date: 04:00:04 02/04/05
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On February 04, 2005 at 06:04:26, Jon Eckert wrote: >I am about to buy one more engine to complement Fritz. I used to like Hiarcs but >now Junior and Shredder seem to be the best. I have never owned these 2. >Obviously I am looking for different ideas to Fritz. Hi John, Keyword for you is diferent ideas. First engines that come to mind are: a) Shredder 9 (very soon to be realeasd, you can pre-order it already) Should be become the strongest engine available (having seen the first Testresults.) Shredder has a distinctive style from Fritz, and has a very good reputation in the transition from mid- to endgame. It should top the various elo-lists for quite some time IMHO. b) Junior 9, famous for it's attacking style, very original play. Drawback for me is might be it's endgame, without TB's especially. But it's ideas in middlegame are fascinating. c) Pro-Deo "For God" ;-) It's free (!), and has very active play, plays better at longer timecontrols. Seems more "optimized" to play humans, and it's past results against humans has showed this. (under the name REBEL) d) Hiarcs 9, VERY good at short timecontrols. Has a solid style. Other engines that come to mind are ChessTiger, The King_WB2uci , Gandalf 6. And don't forget Fruit, it's free and plays very good for a non-comercial. (as do Aristarch 4.50, List 512 and Pharaon, to name a few.) Sorry I can't give you "the best" alternative analyze/playing program, too many contenders, too many REAL alternatives. Try downloading some games from test-matches and tournaments, it might make your choice easier on what to decide on. But free engines are there for you for the taking, try them all! Kind regards, Rick
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