Does it make a difference which chess engine you use to analyze a game?

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Sunny_1979

Does any particular chess engine explain things more clearly or understandably than others?

Skinnyhorse

     I like Komodo 9.3 (it costs money) above other engines.  Stockfish 7 is my second choice (it's a free download).  Plus Fritz 15 would also be good.

Sunny_1979

Thanks skinny horse

Skinnyhorse

     Suppose you have White and get 3 engine recommendations of:  .1 , .2 or .3 of a pawn advantage.  The latter two recommendations look to be sort of weird and anti-human and they are hard to understand and the first recommendation seems to a human-like move.  I would investigate the human-like move first!

hhnngg1

Just get Stockfish. I find it plays very clear chess, and calculates faster than Fritz. Ultimately, there's little difference between them for class players - the differences are so subtle that they're irrelevant to class players in terms of weaker/stronger moves. 

Sunny_1979

Thanks guys for the feedback!