Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 22:16:12 11/05/05
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On November 05, 2005 at 23:30:50, Uri Blass wrote:
>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
Hi Uri
You are right ... but I guess there is no chess
engine available withough some bugs :-)
Regards
Kurt
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