Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 21:59:31 07/03/03
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On July 03, 2003 at 21:21:30, Chris Kantack wrote: >On July 03, 2003 at 03:56:30, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>And Fritz and Co. didn't get better and better? >> Chessmaster isn't no. one, it's very good but not the very best. >>It is best at mate finding and is very tactical, maybe as tactical as the best >>programme out by ChessBase, but it's _not_ no. one...in the top 5 maybe, the top >>ten yes for certain. >>It's competitive, of course as it's written by a top commercial chess programmer >>Johan de Koning, one of the very best, and has been writing the King programme >>since the 80's and made his debut in 1987. > >ChessMaster 9000 probably sells more copies of their program in an hour than all >the other chess program do in a month. I believe ChessMaster 9000 is likely >the best. But of course my definition of "best" is not the same as yours. I >don't care if Fritz can do a billion nodes per second evaluation over >ChessMaster. To me engine strength (at this point) is a non-issue. > >So. Because I value other aspects of a chess program, (other than just >strength), I get ridiculed. Par for the course for this forum. > >Chris For strength,ease of use, and the best bang for your buck, in that sense I concur, that Chessmaster 9000 is the best all round programme. More people buy it as they either don't know about the Professional Software, or don't need it. IMHO I believe Fritz is the strongest programme, at least in blitz...it beat Junior, Shredder, and Tiger in 100 game engine matches each, that I ran on my computer, and it was the _clear_ winner. I can't be certain at longer T/Cs? Fritz 8 has a wonderful GUI, better than Chessmater or ChessPartner. I would think it would take a Deep chess programme on two processors to defeat Fritz 8, on a single, no I don't think so. But I digress, yes by your standards the "King" is "King"! Terry
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