Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 04:13:20 04/06/99
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On April 06, 1999 at 00:47:21, Brian Smith wrote: >Any opinions on what program is best positionally and what has the best >combination of tactical and positional skills against humans (I know this >question is also in the REBEL poll, but the reults might (or might not) be >influenced by the many REBEL owners at going to the site. > >Thanks > >(sorry if this has been discussed a millions times already... I guess I came >late) There's no such thing as the best positional chess engine. If you want to get a clear picture without any bias then my advice is to get as many different chess engines as you can afford to buy. I mean different chess engines, and not different personalities or settings one can modify in a single chess engine. The reason is all chess engines are weak in this department, they all suffer from "horizon effect", and they don't give the same evaluation for the same position, some engines are stronger in some chess positions than others. So if you have many different engines, you'll be able to better appreciate the chess position and be able to get to the true evaluation of a position. Don't fall into the pitfall of falling in love with a chess engine, remember that love is blind, and the blind leading the blind, then both of them will fall into the ditch. :) Laurence
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