Junior 10 is the new 2006 Computer Chess World Champion. 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. Junior 10 has its
own special search techniques and evaluation functions, which makes it
different to any other chess program. In the latest version we see the
rigorous continuation of a development that started with Junior 7 and has
led to a unique and creative playing style. It started with the famous
bishop sacrifice on h2 in a match against Garry Kasparov and now has been
honed to perfection in Version 10. 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.


NOTE: This game is English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch,
Polish, Russian, Swedish, Portugese and Slovenian

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