Author: Reynolds Takata
Date: 22:30:36 11/01/98
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On November 02, 1998 at 00:10:45, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 01, 1998 at 20:57:46, Reynolds Takata wrote: > >>On November 01, 1998 at 14:12:22, Torstein Hall wrote: >> >>>I think that on the tactical sde, there is no on like Fritz 5! >>>The following pos. is a nice illustration. >>> >>>r4r1k/2q2ppp/1np1b3/p1b1pNB1/2B1P3/8/PPP1Q1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 19 >>> >>>The winning move is Nxg7! >>> >>>On a AMD k6 200 >>>J5: Not found in 5 minutes >>>F5: Found in 55 sec. >>>H6: Not found in 5 minutes >>>Crafty 15.20: Not found i 5 minutes >>> >>> >>>Torstein >> >>Chessmaster is the strongest program tactically, and if you check the Louguet >>suite on the combinative portion chessmaster will outscore any other program. > >You should take the LCT test with a grain of salt. It is very easy to have a >huge score in the combinational part by increasing recapture and check >extensions. > >But this weakens the overall program strength, as it is the case with >ChessMaster. > > > Christophe Weakens? Chess master is a monster and the strongest combinatively. I'm a master(USCF 2249) and i own all of the top programs except tiger and mchess. CM has all other programs beat when it comes to the majority of combinations. CM is going to win the Komputer Kup tourney, on the Shep's Computer chess site it's won more tournaments run there than any other program. The only reason i think it didn't do as well in the Mclane's tourney i believe is do to some sort of hardware conflict there. This because he kept reporting CM crashing, when i have had CM a long time and never had a crash. CM is in the same category as far as strength is concerned as any of the top programs and stronger than the majority. The thing that is so good about chessmaster is that it's actually trying to win, ALL the other programs will gladly concede to a draw if you want one, but not chessmaster, it's motto is "OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!". Many people want to charge the programs with making positional mistakes, the master understands that positional weaknesses are a necessary part of the game if you really want to win. Chess is about give and take. The trick is to be the first to make use of the weaknesses and chessmaster seeks the initiative so hard it usually gets there first.
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