(...) there are numerous free chess engines for download (e.g. Stockfish) (...)
(...)In fact, I found the chess.com engine (at least the one I have access to as a gold member) rather inferior, especially when it comes to openings. (...)
The evaluations shown by Stockfish on chessbomb during the present Candidates tournament are often either wildly inflated or just funny (eg a first line evaluated at +1.8 which when followed through led to mate on the 8th move). I have my Houdini running simultaneously during the matches and when Stockfish is showing +1 or more, Houdini'll usually be showing around +0.3, or +1.9/+0.6. I think this could be very misleading if you're using SF at home to analyse, although I've no experience of using it.
You're right about the chess.com analysis computer, it's terrible, not only on openings (although 1... c5? is certainly a classic!)
Several postings suggest that members cannot manually type in moves from a game played OTB and not on chess.com's website, in order to use chess.com's engine to analyze the game.
Is this true?
If not, please post how this is done.
Thanks, IS