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Subject: Re: Rybka 12 and CC games

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 00:02:30 01/25/06

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On January 25, 2006 at 02:49:25, William Penn wrote:

>On January 24, 2006 at 22:11:14, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On January 24, 2006 at 18:03:53, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>
>>>I am primarily interesting in long term analysis need/used in CC games. I
>>>currently use fritz8 and it is king of prog's I have, anyone know Rybka 12 in
>>>this regard ?
>>>Thank you so very much. If it is stronger than my fritz8 in analysis I buy it.
>>>Wayne
>>
>>Fritz is a good program to use for analysis since it does not speculate too much
>>and it's pv's are reliable -- but after watching Rybka play hundreds of games, I
>>would be tempted to give her a shot...
>
>Several engines are now significantly stronger than Fritz 8. If you like Fritz,
>certainly you should upgrade to Fritz 9. I've used Fritz a lot in the past but
>gave it up when Shredder 7-8-9 came along. Somewhere in that period I started to
>prefer UCI engines, it seems. Personally I believe Fruit 2.2.1 is best at
>present for long analysis. It's the one I trust the most. It behaves well. I use
>the Rybka betas too, but with some caution, and look forward to the final
>release 1.2 version when I'll make a more firm judgement. I still use Shredder
>9.1 occasionally too.
>WP


I find that Fruit 2.2 and Rybka are the most trustworthy for analysis with Fritz
9 not far behind.

Graham.



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