Description of Deep Junior 12 (Multiprocessor Version)
Junior has been a major contender since it won the 2006 Computer Chess World Championship. The program, written by the Israeli programmers Amir Ban and Shy Bushinsky, narrowly defeated its main rival, the many times world champion program Shredder, at the Computer Chess World Championship which was held during the Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy. Junior impressed experts with its extraordinary dynamic play, and remained undefeated in this event.
The name is perhaps deceptive. Playing against Junior is not necessarily something for children, as Garry Kasparov discovered in a match in New York. He was held to a 3-3 draw by the Israeli program. Junior played in its typically dynamic style, greatly surprising the former World Champion. It started with the famous Bishop sacrifice on h2 in a match against Garry Kasparov and now has been honed to perfection in Version 12. In spite of their success in computer chess tournaments the programmers of Junior are not primarily concerned with beating other chess programs. Instead they have developed Junior into an instrument that enables human beings to gain new insights and understanding in the game of chess. A good example is the very pronounced understanding of compensation, which allows its users to explore new possibilities of sacrifice attacks and sharp dynamic play.
Deep Junior has its own special search techniques and evaluation functions, which makes it different to any other chess program. It is enterprising and entertaining, sacrificing material for initiative whenever it sees a chance, providing new ideas in traditional positions against man or machine. Junior has won multiple World Computer Chess Championships, and now, in Version 12, its playing strength has been further increased - by around 200 Elo points, compared to the previous Version 10 published by ChessBase. You can look forward to a world class Grandmaster when you install the new program on your computer.
Deep Junior 12 Chess Playing Software
- Two Deep Junior 12 chess engines, (32 and 64 bit, up to 40 cores)
- The lastest opening book by GM Alon Greenfeld
- The Fritz 12 GUI
- Photo realistic chessboards in five different designs
- Database of 1.5 million chess games
- Twelve months free access (Classic) to the world's biggest chess server
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