Komodo or Stockfish or Houdini ?

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Earth64

Which engines do you prefer , Komodo, Stockfish or Houdini ?

Earth64

Though these are familiar to all of you, Let's again introduce shortly.

Komodo:
Author: Larry Kaufman and his team
Current Version: Komodo-12
Elo Strength: 3400+
TCEC: 4 times winner

 

Stockfish:

Author: Marco Costalba and his team
Current Version: Stockfish-9
Elo Strength: 3400+
TCEC: 5 times


Houdini:

Author: Robert Houdert
Current Version: Houdini-6
Elo Strength: 3400+
TCEC: 4 times

Earth64

Explaining My Experience:

Komodo:
It is very strong engine. It's positional understanding is amazing. Where other sees draw, it still sees something to manipulate. Even in quiet position. It's hash system help to you preserve analysis for later.
For Complex ending and opening theory ,komodo is preferable. For big project with more than 8 cores, Komodo is highly recommended.

Houdini:
Once upon a time , Houdini was only reliable engine for it's deep accuracy and rational evaluation system. When other engines were flawed, it was 90% tactically accurate. For early middle games, Houdini is preferable. Because more you go on against it, it sharpens the position both tactically and positionally. You are left with limited options with strange dilemma.

Stockfish:

 It is an open source and free engine. It is tactically monster. From very early of the game, it aims at mate attempt. Once you get weak in the king side, no one can save you. It is very aggresive and dynamic  in playing style.  Sometimes it sees move, other can't see. It is small in size but very fast and one of the Strongest.

Nordlandia

Komodo excels in imbalanced positions.

 

 

 

Earth64

Next  want to show evaluational difference between those.

TwentyFive25

Would any chess engine expert recommend their parameters setting? Like, how to make one engine prefer material sacrifice, one engine prefer closed position and one prefer open position...

Earth64
TwentyFive25 wrote:

Would any chess engine expert recommend their parameters setting? Like, how to make one engine prefer material sacrifice, one engine prefer closed position and one prefer open position...

Go to engine options. Change 'Contempt" and "Selectivity".

Earth64

yes, Stockfish is free.

Earth64

One can learn more  by using manuals.

Earth64

Here, you can buy it in there site komodochessdotcom.

 

 

maxjluo
if stockfish komodo or houndini does not do E4 or D4 as its first move i will be crazy


 

maxjluo

RonPaulsSteelBalls

Every one of them hurts my ego equally.

 

I have Stockfish 9 installed with SCID.

maxjluo

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Sanarov_Alexandr

u use all engine. lol. 

FatPizzaSlice
stockfish is the most advanced

 

Eyechess

What is Lc0?

liml
Eyechess wrote:

What is Lc0?

Leela Chess Zero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_Chess_Zero

 

Silver-Myth

I'll wait until Google's Deep Mind Alpha Zero is available. thumbup.png

cehanahmadcle515
Eyechess wrote:

What is Lc0?

Leela Chess Zero, Google It. It's a killer engine

cehanahmadcle515
charlchess7 wrote:

so this is what you all use to beat people on chess.com- I'm reporting every single one of yous right now

I don't cheat, it's freely available for post-game analysis, which is what I use it for.