tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post6749066841386530573..comments2024-02-24T12:16:34.475-05:00Comments on Path to Chess Mastery: Annotated Game #135: Stopping the bleedingChessAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-1740042891640514702014-10-07T21:16:30.047-04:002014-10-07T21:16:30.047-04:00I find that Junior does really well at understandi...I find that Junior does really well at understanding compensation as well. I really liked Komodo 4 for understanding sacrifices. But haven't bit the bullet on Komodo 8.<br /><br />A good book for checking the concept of compensation and speculative playing is Spielman's "The Art of Sacrifice in Chess" I studied the book extensively one summer analyzing each game on my own before reading Speilman's notes. And then I would check with an engine and the only engine that really seemed to "like" Spielman's sacrifices was Komodo 4 and Junior sometimes. (this was two summers ago...which is a lifetime in computer progress)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-40315102894576356222014-10-07T20:17:32.677-04:002014-10-07T20:17:32.677-04:00I've noticed that Komodo 8 will score position...I've noticed that Komodo 8 will score positional compensation for material significantly higher sometimes than Houdini 3. It might be worth the time to investigate this a bit more systematically, so thanks for the idea. I thought that Houdini did a pretty good job of looking at dynamic factors like compensation in its evaluations, but Komodo seems to have a greater weight set to them.ChessAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-77833793366752008692014-10-06T20:02:59.831-04:002014-10-06T20:02:59.831-04:00Although that was a tough draw I think it is great...Although that was a tough draw I think it is great you have stuck with the Caro-Kan all this time!<br /><br />How do you like the Komodo 8 engine for analysis compared to Houdini? Is it really that much more "positionally based"?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com