Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 10:57:05 07/31/05
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On July 31, 2005 at 13:20:11, masros tukiran wrote: >I have Ruffian 1.05,Pro Deo 1.1,Crafty 19.19,Fruit 2.1 and Aristacrh 4.50.So,in >overall what is the best free chess engine for analysis? Like many things in chess as in life, it depends (or so I am claiming). I like Pro Deo 1.1 for positions/games where the attacking opportunities are there. Pro Deo is not perfect (no engine is) but it seems to do a good job of finding ways to attack. It often offers up material to gain pressure on the opponent's position. In this respect, it is similar to Junior (though Junior is not free of course and is somewhat stronger than Pro Deo 1.1). Fruit 2.1 is my overall favorite as it is a decent attacker (but not overly aggressive) and seems quite good positionally. The latter surprised me when I first starting using Fruit 2.1 for analysis. It has a well-earned reputation for having a search that is very solid (rarely overlooks things). I also thought it had little positional knowledge. I was wrong. It plays fairly quiet positions much better than I thought it might. Rejoice in the abundance of free engines we have access to that are easily 2600 strength. Download many of them and configure them; use them to get different opinions (if we can call their PVs their opinions) and it only costs you the time you spend letting them analyze. Roy
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