Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 04:11:09 02/16/06
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On February 16, 2006 at 06:30:40, Alex Shalamanov wrote:
>Last year I bought Junior 9 from Chessbase. It was likely the only case I bought
>new programmes from that company. Uh, no, I also used to buy Hiarcs 9 from them.
>I was using Junior 9 a while while analysing my correspondence games in ICCF,
>then put it aside for better (like I thought) programs like Fritz 9 or Hiarcs
>10. Then I had one very tough and complex game to analyse where I was on the
>verge of loss. I tried different engines for it; all of them were very vague
>about understanding the real position, to be true. Then, all of a sudden, I
>tried Junior 9 and was really amazed how objectively he evaluated the game. When
>I scanned the variants he produced on other chess engines, a little bit laters
>they agreed with his estimation. Wow, it was a real surprise to me! I guess,
>when used in combination with Rybka for analysis, Junior can really be very,
>very useful.
>I wonder, if Amir Ban is working on the next version, Junior 10, and when the
>new monster is going to appear on the market. Anyone got any news about that?
>
>Regards,
>Alexander
Your observation is nothing unusual. You will always find positions
where engines A, B, C do understand nothing and engine D shows a fine
line with almost perfect evaluation and this even 100 or thousand times
faster. When analysing games more deeply, there is only one most important
rule: never trust only one single engine !!
Best regards
Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com]
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