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Subject: Re: A Good Program for Analysis

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:36:44 04/28/99

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On April 28, 1999 at 14:27:31, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On April 28, 1999 at 13:24:40, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 1999 at 23:27:23, Claudio Duarte wrote:
>>>
>>>   A few days ago I saw a discussion about a good program for analysis,
>>>   and it seems that Crafty on a Fritz 5.32 platform emerged as a good
>>>   choice. And I had just ordered Hiarcs 6.0 engine for the same purpose.
>>>   How does it compare to Crafty? Does its positional knowledge trans-
>>>   lates into good analysis?
>>The Hiarcs engine is truly excellent at analysis.  We use it in the C.A.P.
>>project.  It also helps us fill a problem caused by crafty not analyzing epd
>>positions which are singular and forced.  Highly recommended.
>
>Crafty is probably checking to see that it has only one legal move, and
>preventing the search if that is the case.  Wouldn't it be easy enough to simply
>remove the test?
Probably, but I might break something.  I would need to do a full regression
test of some kind for a change of that nature. Which means I would have to write
a full test plan, etc.



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