Author: Hans Christian Lykke
Date: 06:57:30 08/06/98
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On August 06, 1998 at 09:43:41, Komputer Korner wrote: >On August 06, 1998 at 01:40:56, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>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 > >One question to your post. The TASCBASE 2.0 king has the King 2.54 engine. Do >you know whether TascBase 2.1 has King 2.54 or 2.55? >-- >Komputer Korner I also have Tascbase 2.1 The King is 2.55 Venlig hilsen Hans Chr.
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