One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Tell me about Critter 1.4
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Re: Tell me about Critter 1.4
Hi, i can give you my opinion. I can speak for rapid games.notyetagm wrote:One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Critter has more fantasy in playing, it is also very good to build a center of pawns, to manoeuvre to attack the opponent king, it likes to concentrate its pieces against the opponent king, pretty good in defence. Very good at tactics.
Houdini has more problems with the pawn structures, it prefers to give more space to its pieces, it defends extremely well when it is down of material and when it has space to attack it almost always wins. It often sacrifices the queen for rook and minor piece (eg knight or bishop) and often he gets advantage. Excellent at tactics.
I believe that they are more or less at the same strenght.
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Re: Tell me about Critter 1.4
Great Analysis Maurizo.MM wrote:Hi, i can give you my opinion. I can speak for rapid games.notyetagm wrote:One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Critter has more fantasy in playing, it is also very good to build a center of pawns, to manoeuvre to attack the opponent king, it likes to concentrate its pieces against the opponent king, pretty good in defence. Very good at tactics.
Houdini has more problems with the pawn structures, it prefers to give more space to its pieces, it defends extremely well when it is down of material and when it has space to attack it almost always wins. It often sacrifices the queen for rook and minor piece (eg knight or bishop) and often he gets advantage. Excellent at tactics.
I believe that they are more or less at the same strenght.
Regards
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Re: Tell me about Critter 1.4
Thank youMaster Om wrote:Great Analysis Maurizo.MM wrote:Hi, i can give you my opinion. I can speak for rapid games.notyetagm wrote:One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Critter has more fantasy in playing, it is also very good to build a center of pawns, to manoeuvre to attack the opponent king, it likes to concentrate its pieces against the opponent king, pretty good in defence. Very good at tactics.
Houdini has more problems with the pawn structures, it prefers to give more space to its pieces, it defends extremely well when it is down of material and when it has space to attack it almost always wins. It often sacrifices the queen for rook and minor piece (eg knight or bishop) and often he gets advantage. Excellent at tactics.
I believe that they are more or less at the same strenght.
Regards
I just finished a 100 games match,chess960 Critter 1.4 SSE - Houdini 2.0c, 3'+1s and i watched most of the games. Very interesting.
Best Regards
MM
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Re: Tell me about Critter 1.4
MM wrote:Thank youMaster Om wrote:Great Analysis Maurizo.MM wrote:Hi, i can give you my opinion. I can speak for rapid games.notyetagm wrote:One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Critter has more fantasy in playing, it is also very good to build a center of pawns, to manoeuvre to attack the opponent king, it likes to concentrate its pieces against the opponent king, pretty good in defence. Very good at tactics.
Houdini has more problems with the pawn structures, it prefers to give more space to its pieces, it defends extremely well when it is down of material and when it has space to attack it almost always wins. It often sacrifices the queen for rook and minor piece (eg knight or bishop) and often he gets advantage. Excellent at tactics.
I believe that they are more or less at the same strenght.
Regards
I just finished a 100 games match,chess960 Critter 1.4 SSE - Houdini 2.0c, 3'+1s and i watched most of the games. Very interesting.
Well, what was the score????
Best Regards
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Re: Tell me about Critter 1.4
Hi,notyetagm wrote:MM wrote:Thank youMaster Om wrote:Great Analysis Maurizo.MM wrote:Hi, i can give you my opinion. I can speak for rapid games.notyetagm wrote:One of the other threads is a ratings analysis which seems to indicate that Critter 1.4 is nearly as strong as Houdini 2.0.
Could someone please describe the playing style of Criter compared to Houdini? Are they similar? Or are they completely different?
Thanks
Critter has more fantasy in playing, it is also very good to build a center of pawns, to manoeuvre to attack the opponent king, it likes to concentrate its pieces against the opponent king, pretty good in defence. Very good at tactics.
Houdini has more problems with the pawn structures, it prefers to give more space to its pieces, it defends extremely well when it is down of material and when it has space to attack it almost always wins. It often sacrifices the queen for rook and minor piece (eg knight or bishop) and often he gets advantage. Excellent at tactics.
I believe that they are more or less at the same strenght.
Regards
I just finished a 100 games match,chess960 Critter 1.4 SSE - Houdini 2.0c, 3'+1s and i watched most of the games. Very interesting.
Well, what was the score????
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1 Critter 1.4 64-bit SSE4_RV +3 +28/=45/-27 50.50% 50.5/100
2 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64 -3 +27/=45/-28 49.50% 49.5/100
That was a chess960 match.
Very hard for both.
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MM