Author: Graham Banks
Date: 03:50:45 05/20/01
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On May 20, 2001 at 04:41:35, Chessfun wrote: >On May 20, 2001 at 04:08:23, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On May 20, 2001 at 03:10:31, stuart taylor wrote: >> >>>We're talking about CM7000 and 8000. Aren't they upgrades to CM6000 (and 6555)? >>>Even if not advertised as such It is the clear assumption as it has the same >>>name, and the numbers continue from there. i.e CM7000 coming after CM6000 (and >>>it's offshoots). > >CM6555 is simply another modified version of the CM6000 much the same >as you are now seeing modified engine tournaments of CM8000 personalities. > >>No, they're new versions IMO. And a new version doesn't automatically mean >>upgrade or strength improvement. It can just as easily be a question of changing >>the concept. CM7000 was a dubious release compared to CM6000 judging from the >>little I know about both of them. > >Totally correct. The CM7000 was the same engine as the CM6000 excluding >the fact that the hash setting couldn't be modified whereas with the CM6000 >it could. > >>However, I think that CM8000 has a number of new features. The most prominent >>one being something resembling WinBoard support and an autoplay feature as a >>result of that. And since I haven't seen any evidence to suggest that the engine >>is weaker (or stronger), the criticism is a little void of meaning. > >The CM8000 is a vast overall improvement over the CM6000. The additional >features aside from winboard support and by chance :-) autoplay which wasn't >actually a CM idea, there is the instant analysis and multi engine instant >analysis. As well as various other user enhancements which while they may not >serve the average CM buyer were things that were cried out for by the likes of >users at this forum. > >I still myself haven't seen anything that leads me to believe that the CM8K >is any weaker than the CM6K. > >Sarah. Neither have I. Graham.
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