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Houdini Help
again as a fresh copy).
Games in which the blunder check has revealed serious errors are marked with the
black “Tactical blunder” medal; they can be easily found in the games list and with
the search mask.
The name of the engine that was used in the blunder check is entered as a text
commentary before the first move. If you analyse the game again with a different
engine, the name of the engine with every new variation appears.

3.5.7

Compare analysis
Ana ly sis

Com pa re a na ly sis

The automatic comparison of the analysis of two different engines has two main uses.
First, it is an excellent way of evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the
engines. On the other hand, from a chess point of view, it is very interesting to
compare the conclusions of two different engines. One might be tactically more
reliable, the other more positionally sound.

It is also interesting to compare two versions of the same engine. The “compare
analysis” function allows you to check what each finds at a specific search depth, or
how many position nodes each of these engines actually checks to reach a certain
search depth.

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