Author: Uri Blass
Date: 20:30:50 11/05/05
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On November 05, 2005 at 23:00:59, Graham Banks wrote: >On November 05, 2005 at 22:58:01, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On November 05, 2005 at 22:46:42, allan johnson wrote: >> >>> I'm about to purchase either Fritz9 or Junior9 and would appreciate some >>>suggestions on which one to buy.I expect they are about the same strength[if >>>this is wrong please tell me]so I am mainly interested in things such as the >>>data base and the programmes' interfaces.Whether anyone has encountered major >>>problems in either programmes would also interest me. >>>Many thanks >>>Al >> >> >>Fritz 9 would be the better buy as it's much stronger. >> >>Graham. > >That's if you're buying on strength alone. >Fritz 9 has reportedly got a few bugs which might deter you. Others can >elaborate more on this than I can. >Junior 9 has a unique and very entertaining style of play. It's a shame you >can't get both! > >Graham. Junior9 also has bugs that the author know about them in stalemate detection and there are simple stalemates that Junior cannot see regardless of time that it gets. The bugs are also in previous versions of Junior so by induction it seems almost certain that they are not going to be fixed in the next version unless the author says something different. Uri
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