Re: Komodo Chess 9.42 [Latest]
Floriana Monterroza
I play official correspondence, and I prefer using Stockfish (git version) for the task. It's better/ faster at tactics, and quite good at positional play ( and in any case few strong correspondence players follow blindly the engine suggestions).
pfren wrote:I play official correspondence, and I prefer using Stockfish (git version) for the task. It's better/ faster at tactics, and quite good at positional play ( and in any case few strong correspondence players follow blindly the engine suggestions).
It means the programmers set it so that when there are 4 pawns vs 7, on odd numbered ranks, with a majority on dark squares, and the knights are facing sideways, on a weekday, but not before noon, the square e7 is valued 0.0000124 pawns more.
Quite certainly. Computers have outstanding combinational skills, but they do lack a few important things like long-term planning, sense of danger, and schematic thinking. Here is where the human factor pops in.
Not worth buying for whom? I'm pretty sure many chess professionals will want the best available engine for analysis. It's 60$ for Komodo 10, I guess you get all updates for free, until it reaches 11.
The dirty secret is that modern 'correspondence players' have an engine look at multiple PV (like I do in chessbase for analyzing my openings) and go down the top lines a few moves...look at the engines subsequent 'evaluations' and...pick. If they want to pick something the engine thinks is not among the top lines, they use the engine to find out why.
In short, it's a crutch. A 'modern' "Correspondence GM", without his crutch could not compete with an average Correspondence GM from...say, 30 yrs ago head to head, without his crutch. A good engine and just 'good' chess knowledge/judgement, makes them all look like they are GM's.
Now as concerns Komodo 10. It's only a few 'elo' more than the old Komodo 9.42 which could be purchased before 10 was released. It's all about the annual TCEC tourney and trying to 'win' it as to when an 'official' new version is released. Heck, programmers can make changes between rounds. Its' all about winning that and as Stockfish is open source, the Komodo team ( I have owned multiple Komodo engines) have an advantage on the face of it.
Stockfish seems to go into higher depth faster and is better for complicated positions/puzzles from my experience. Overall Komodo plays better in longer time controls and gets a LOT less draws than Stockfish.
Stock fish is free, it is usually included by default, 30 elo difference is insignificant. No human is going to beat it. It is just not worth it to buy a commercial chess engine. Especially true for the 99 percent that have no idea what the analysis 25 levels deep means anyway. Just make the chosen move and win, simple! ?
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