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Marek Soszynski wrote:

• Loop - extremely strong, particularly aggressive in the opening

+Very tactical
+Weak in endgame

Marek Soszynski wrote:

• Rybka - conservative in the opening, without equal in the middlegame when in a dozen or so moves it can turn an inferior position into a superior one, even against top engines, through subtle manoeuvring and super-accurate piece placement

+Very good handle of passed pawn
+Weak in tactic in wild position/king attack

cooldalek wrote:gerold and Marek seem to have different views on Junior 10.

Anyone want to add a third opinion?

Is it still "speculative"?

I am toying with buying it

Hi, Yes, Junior is still speculative. The good thing is that it gives a spectaculair game. The bad thing is that it sacrifies a pawn too easily, without enough compensation, so that it loses the endgame without a chance.

Overall: a very nice and unique engine

André

André van Ark wrote:

cooldalek wrote:gerold and Marek seem to have different views on Junior 10.

Anyone want to add a third opinion?

Is it still "speculative"?

I am toying with buying it

Hi, Yes, Junior is still speculative. The good thing is that it gives a spectaculair game. The bad thing is that it sacrifies a pawn too easily, without enough compensation, so that it loses the endgame without a chance.

Overall: a very nice and unique engine

André

Hi Andre,

What does jeroen think? Does he like it or just poop?

Harvey