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Subject: Re: Strongest free engine.

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 13:58:58 03/09/05

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On March 09, 2005 at 10:18:16, Jason Kent wrote:

>>      Fruit 2.0 is good placed in the following list:
>>      http://www.computerschach.com/rangliste/english/
>>      Kurt
>
>The list doesn't have the freeware Ruffian 1.05, SOS 5, or ProDeo 1.1!

I would agree. Fruit _may_ be the best open source program, but in match results
and rating lists it doesn't show it.

I also don't like the engine personally. I find it to much of a "straight"
forward type engine. While very strong, the playing style has something to be
desired.

For playing styles my picks are:

Hiarcs
Gandalf
ChessTiger
ProDeo
Crafty

Those would be my top 5 overall. My top _free_ programs would be:

Prodeo (I like playing with the personality settings)
Crafty
Ruffian
Pharaon

Just adding my two cents :)

Peter



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