Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 06:25:09 07/23/99
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On July 23, 1999 at 01:24:47, odell hall wrote: >Hi CCC > > > I know that no one can know absolutely for sure I am simply looking for >opinions. > > > My list goes openingsbook: fritz5 special paderborn book made by Alexander Kure. public available books: books made by Alexander kure play right after book: no program qualifies, they all suck bigtime here. overall tactics: ferret best unforced tactics: junior exchanging towards endgame: Shredder being in endgame: ferret consequent play: crafty making it opponent very difficult (giving it a lot of choices): hiarcs positional play in middlegame: diep best defender: shredder best closed position play: patzer shallowest search per rating point: lambchop best in mating: the king (chessmaster >= 4000) best anti-gm book: rebel best interface: fritz best database: chessbase I'm considering slow level here. For blitz, take a look at the icc server. Ferret and Crafty at quad xeons are the toughest opponents there. big gap, then third is Shredder (single processor), followed by some others that are quite good in collecting rating. I guess we cannot take into account those rating collectors, like some that only play 3 0, 4 0 and 5 0 against humans or other programs where they expect to win from. >Best Positional - Junior5, Hiarcs7, Rebel10 >Best Tactical- Fritz5.32 is in a class all by itself second is Junior5? >Best Endgame- Chess genius5, Mchess 8, comon, endgame of cg5 is big crap. mchess8 plays very good when it has like 5 rows at least > > >Has there been any tactical test done and which programs scores the highest in >these three categories based on test results?
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