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Subject: Amateur Blunder Check

Author: Walter Eigenmann

Date: 04:13:15 04/24/05

Why are the "Freebies" so clearly worse than the *Commercials"? Where are the
amateur-engines
particularly susceptible? With which positional and tactical difficulties do
amateurs
at most have to fight? Where is their largest potential for improvements?

I examined 20 of the best amateur programs, and I discovered
many *typical* errors in its play style.

In this AMATEUR BLUNDER CHECK you will find the following engines:

AnMon, Anaconda, Aristarch, Baron, Crafty, DanChess,
Frenzee, Fruit, Glaurung, Jonny, Movei, Naum, Pharaon,
ProDeo, Quark, SOS, SmarThink, Spike, Yace, Zappa.

The three most problematic categories for the "Freebies" are:
a)Kings safety  b)Endgame c)Tactical defense in difficult positions.

So, the whole stuff is particularly interesting for programmers.

You can download here all analyses/positions for free (cbh&epd):

http://www.beepworld.de/members38/eigenmann/

Enjoy: Walter

• Re: Amateur Blunder Check Dieter Buerssner 12:26:44 04/26/05
  • Re: Amateur Blunder Check Walter Eigenmann 00:02:07 04/27/05
• Re: Amateur Blunder Check Michael Yee 06:12:00 04/24/05
  • Re: Amateur Blunder Check Walter Eigenmann 09:43:24 04/24/05
    • Re: Amateur Blunder Check Michael Yee 07:01:20 04/25/05

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