Fritz 14, Houdini 4, and Komodo 8, all seem to have the same Fritz GUI, and it appears the only difference is which engine is included.

Have used Arena for a little while, but want something a bit easier to use.

Fritz 14, Houdini 4, and Komodo 8, all seem to have the same Fritz 14 GUI, and it appears the only difference is which engine is included with the package.

Houdini 4 works best with the 60.00 add on, new Syzygy tablebases.

Like Houdini 4, Komodo 8 works best with the 60.00 add on Syzygy tablebases.

It also says that Hiracs learns with you, as an evaluation tool, Im not sure if that is good or not.

Hiracs is the only one of this group, that comes with the Fritz 12 GUI.

BTW, for those of you that have used the Lets Check feature, is it very useful) Hiracs is also the only one of this group, that did not mention 64 bits, not that that is a huge deal, but it is a difference.

In any case, its always good to have a good GUI and a good Engine.

The best GUI its named Chessbase but you have to pay for it, but there are many good ones wich are free, for instance: 1- Scid vs PC 2- Arena 3- Scid.

Houdini Chess Software Software Without Problem

You can analyse your games in those software without problem.

And I think you can use Stockfish 5 wich is free (google it), and the best engine.

Houdini Chess Software Install It On

When you have already downloaded it, you have to install it on your software, and then it will give you the evaluation and the best moves of the position.

Youre generally just going to use it to look for any tactics you overlooked.

Turn engine on, play through the moves and if the eval suddenly jumps to 3 then back to 0 you want to see what you missed and how you couldve taken advantage of it or what mistake you made that allowed your opponent a huge advantage.

The best is Komodo, of course, but its not necessary right now.

Complicated tactics are practically impossible to figure out without an engine.