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Subject: Re: CM 5500 vs. Fritz 5 & Rebel 9

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 22:40:56 08/05/98

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On August 05, 1998 at 09:05:59, Kim Hvarre wrote:

>On August 05, 1998 at 07:41:47, Freddie wrote:
>
>>Shaun,
>>
>>I was surprised by a previous posting where you said that Chessmaster 5500 would
>>beat Fritz 5 or Rebel 9 on a Pentium II 400 computer.  Aren't the latter two
>>programs supposed to be superior in both knowledge and search speed?  I would
>>appreciate it if you or someone else could explain how and why this would be
>>possible.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Freddie.
>
>It is'nt - quote SSDF (uh...):
>

>*23 Chessmaster 5000 Pentium 90 MHz           2387 49 -45 240 67% 2262* same
>engine as CM5500!!

This does not prove anything.  A Pentium II 400 MHz is very different from a
Pentium 90 MHz.  The King is a very slow program and seems to play *much*
stronger at faster computers.  You should also keep in mind that CM5K would
be much higher rated if given a decent opening book.  The King 2.55 is still
one of the top five programs, IMHO.  It is extremely strong, has an unusually
attractive style of play and is dirt cheap compared to the competitors. I do
not own CM 5500, but I have TascBase 2.1 which includes the same King 2.55
engine.  The price is only the half of most other professional programs, and
you get an excellent chess database in addition to the chess program.  The
GUI is the best I have seen in any chess program.  Since Tasc now has removed
the nasty copy protection system of previous versions, I do not understand
why this program is not more popular.

Tord



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