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Subject: Re: Just Curious - CM3000 = CM2000 for PC

Author: Werner Schuele

Date: 02:35:20 03/01/03

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Hi,
a long time ago I made tests for a german computer chess journal. I remember I
detected the same pvs on most positions with cm2000 for pc and cm3000 for pc.
So it was the same engine - and only a better gui with cm3000.
Werner



On March 01, 2003 at 05:20:01, Mike S. wrote:

>On February 28, 2003 at 18:11:03, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>(...)
>>I have seen different names in the CM3000 credits. I don't remember who, but I
>>think it was not Kittinger.
>>
>>The PC version of Kittinger's programs is in WChess as far as I know. There was
>>also Mychess at the very begining (Z80 ported to 8088).
>
>You are right, but that was just because Kittinger wasn't mentioned in the
>credits of CM3000 (for whatever reason). But IIRC his name appears somewhere
>inside the code. IMO it was also possible to notice similarities between CM3000
>and the NOVAG chess computer programs he wrote too.
>
>I.e. he had an opening book which was prepared for (immune against) common traps
>many chess computers were vulnerable to. The Kittinger book never fell into
>those traps.
>
>Wchess came much later.
>
>Regards,
>Mike Scheidl



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