Author: Shaun Graham
Date: 19:32:46 08/06/98
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On August 06, 1998 at 05:52:06, Kim Hvarre wrote: >On August 06, 1998 at 01:40:56, Tord Romstad wrote: >snip >> >>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 > >Well, it still remains to be proven, that e.g. CM5500 gains (much) more than >e.g. Rebel9 from a faster platform. To Your comments of CM5500 I 100% agree. >Love the program. It's funny. Speculative (perhaps that's why it don't score >full in comp-comp games) and the most entertaining program I've met. Then again, >I haven't tried CSTal... > >regards, >kim I don't know why you would say that, when chessmaster has just won a match 7 to 2 in a 40/2 match, and it was only on a p233. It devastated the rest of the programs beating fritz 5 times in a row.
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