Author: Vikrant Malvankar
Date: 21:56:19 04/04/05
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On April 04, 2005 at 18:33:34, Telmo C. Escobar wrote: >On April 04, 2005 at 07:10:10, Vikrant Malvankar wrote: > >>Considerable time has passed since the release of both Junior9 and Shredder9 and >>i want some opinions since i am planning to buy one of the two programs from >>chessbase. >> >>1) Which is the better of the two in terms of analysis output. I heard about >>Junior's emphasis on interesting moves in dynamic positions. is it true that >>Junior is a better engine for analysis purpose than Shredder9? >> >>2) Which is the better of the two engines in terms of pure playing quality ? or >>is it that they are both very close? Which one is more towards perfection? >> > > I don't have any of them already, but judging from former versions and common >sense I'd think like this: > > any of them is excellent and you will be happy with one of these giants. You'll >be hard time playing any of them. Concerning what is stronger, the question >maybe is not to receive a definitive answer, because each engine could be a bit >better than the other in some kind of positions. One reason to buy Shredder: it >has won most of the recent top engine tournaments. One reason to buy Junior: >Amir Ban has been posting here more often than Shredder's creator, so you'll >more chances to have some of your messages about the engine answered by the >author himself. > > Concerning using engines for analysis: I bet no one is better than the other. >Quality of analysis depends mainly upon the user. Analysis get better results >when you're able to insert valuable moves for the engine to calculate, and that >depends upon your own cleverness, hard work and chess habilities. If you're >smart enough, you'll get terrific analytical results from Junior or Shredder >cause both are so good. If you're not smart enough, you're often get less >valuable results because you're not so good. > > If you're a fan of any of them, buy that one and be happy. > > Just my 1/2 cent :) > > Telmo Thank you very much > > > > > > > >>3) Does new versions(latest copies) of Junior9 from Chessbase contain the bug >>that was discussed here? >> >>4) Is it true that Shredder is not a good engine playing against Humans? >> >>Regards >> >>Vikrant
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