Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 23:09:08 01/30/99
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On January 30, 1999 at 20:04:16, Tony Asdourian wrote: >I continue to enjoy reading the reviews of the top programs by KK, Larry Kaufman >, Dr. Enrique Irazoqui, and others. Would it be possible for one of them to >give an "overview" of the top 6 or so programs, concentrating less on all the >individual features and more on playing style and strength at different time >controls? I noticed in WCCC Enrique did this over a year ago, and I think it >would be great to see a new comparison. I do read all the individual reviews, >but I'm not quite sophisticated enough to be able to pull all the info together >to make a well-rounded comparison. Perspective is harder to have if you're not >intimately familiar with the strengths/weaknesses of these programs. Finding the weakness of a particular chess engine is not difficult if you know what to look for. Perhaps this will help, look for a database of games played by chess engines and ask yourself why did a particular engine lost the game. Don't look for tactical mistakes, nor endgame play in endgame positions, all chess engines are very good in solving tactical problems, and they all suffer from the horizon effect in endgame play, so look instead at the middlegame, especially in the transition from opening to middlegame. This is where to look for, and it is an eye opener because not all engines see nor evaluates the position in the same way. Look for simple strategical mistakes. I hope this is enough to get you started. This is what I look for when trying to find chess engines weakenesses, and I decided not to post any of my findings because I don't want to have to go through another personal attacks by people who loves their favorite chess engine as I did in the past posting.
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