Lemmie also add in. The reason I use Komodo is not because its stronger than stockfish. If anything its slightly weaker (Unless the time controls are really long). Komodo has more settings I can change depending on what I need.
All of my opening preparation and the prep I provide for my students is done with both stockfish and Komodo. Using both I have been able to refute one or the others ideas.
Both calculate slightly different but I like the width of Komodo it makes it worth my money. Even if I never get to play my move 15 novelties its nice to know I have them in the bag and my students can be extremely well prepared as well.
Yeh its 100 dollars more or less. Yeh its not technically stronger than stockfish. But it provides different ideas.
If stockfish was more flexible and I could adjust the width of calculation I probably would not need Komodo but since I cant I use both. For 99% of people I would not recommend Komodo to. Depends if you need the extra flexibility and you can burn the money.
If you are just analyzing your own OTB games and occasional master games Stockfish is the way to go. If your doing massive amounts of preparation, very deep puzzles (that require width), and doing more than normal peoples stuff getting both is a good idea.
Oh if anyone needs position analysis done with Komodo let me know ill be happy to run it through Komodo/Stockfish/Fritz.
All of my opening preparation and the prep I provide for my students is done with both stockfish and Komodo. Using both I have been able to refute one or the others ideas.
Both calculate slightly different but I like the width of Komodo it makes it worth my money. Even if I never get to play my move 15 novelties its nice to know I have them in the bag and my students can be extremely well prepared as well.
Yeh its 100 dollars more or less. Yeh its not technically stronger than stockfish. But it provides different ideas.
If stockfish was more flexible and I could adjust the width of calculation I probably would not need Komodo but since I cant I use both. For 99% of people I would not recommend Komodo to. Depends if you need the extra flexibility and you can burn the money.
If you are just analyzing your own OTB games and occasional master games Stockfish is the way to go. If your doing massive amounts of preparation, very deep puzzles (that require width), and doing more than normal peoples stuff getting both is a good idea.
Oh if anyone needs position analysis done with Komodo let me know ill be happy to run it through Komodo/Stockfish/Fritz.