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Subject: Re: Virtual Chess, Genius

Author: Madhavan

Date: 05:30:32 07/05/05

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On July 05, 2005 at 08:29:40, gerold daniels wrote:

>On July 05, 2005 at 07:03:44, ludicrous wrote:
>
>>I have an observation regarding the playing style of Virtual Chess 2 and the
>>Genius programs.  I am a elo 1900-2000 player OTB.  I noticed that I get my ass
>>kicked quicker when I play Virtual at 2 seconds per move or when I play Genius
>>at 1 second per move, much quicker than when I play Tiger 14 or Nimzo 8 or
>>Hiarcs.  Does anybody feel the same way with Virtual and Genius?  These two
>>programs are designed to play strong even at the instant level.  Even if I set
>>myself 5 minutes to think, I find that it is tougher to play Virtual Chess 2 or
>>Genius than other programs.  Their style is so tactical that it looks like every
>>move they make lays a trap of some kind.  Junior 6's style on the other hand is
>>more forceful.  So is HIARCS's style.  I can normall last 25 moves vs HIARCS or
>>Tiger with a drawing score showing in their analysis, but with Virtual/Genius,
>>not less than 15 moves and I feel butt-kicked already.
>
>i find that fruit and prodeo are stronger then genius.

does not come with GUI.Chessmaster is popular.
>gerold.



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