Author: Nicholas Cooper
Date: 19:19:56 01/30/00
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On January 30, 2000 at 19:25:35, Nicholas Cooper wrote: >Greetings all, > >I am having a few problems finding information on the newly released Junior 6. >Not only are there no reviews but even the information on the Chessbase website >is rather sparse, to say the least! > >For instance, I understand Junior 6 can access Nalimov tablebases (in the >compressed format?) but does it use persistant hash tables as was the case with >Hiracs 7.32, for example. And what of it's "style". I am led to believe that it >is a relatively fast searcher (though not as fast as Fritz) and seems to have a >reasonable grasp of positional play. Is it a good endgame player? From the >latest SSDF list and Cadaques Tournament, it appears to be very strong... >How would one compare it with Fritz 6 in playing style, endgame and the like? > >I went to the Junior web site but in hasn't been updated in over 6 months (!) so >I am at a loss as where to find any good information. > >As always, any help is gratefully received. > >Sincerely, > >Nick Cooper Just one more quick question: does Junior 6 use null move pruning? Does it handle the zugswang positons well or not (I have Fritz 5 and it's evaluation of some endgame positions in particular isn't particularly inspiring...) Thanks again, Nick Cooper
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