Author: David H. McClain
Date: 04:12:49 10/20/03
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>> >>Jim, >> >>Chessmaster 8000 is listed way down on the SSDF list. Someone had to play the >>games. With the many members of SSDF it appears to me that if only a few would >>play one or two games manually with the SSDF parameters there would be enough >>games played to set a precedent and standard. > > >Maybe they are simply not willing to test manually again like with CM 8000? > > >>The King is listed in many tournaments and is also played on many chess servers >>including Playchess.com and ICC.com. It is played against all engines by >>independent testers on this forum. How did they do it? > > >You know the answer by yourself. They did NOT use AUTO232 but another >automatism. > > >>The excuse you stated >>for not testing Chessmaster 9000 is weak at best and this is not meant as an >>insult to you. It just is not a logical explanation for this Chessmaster >>omission. > > >Don't forget that SSDF does the testing voluntarily and without getting any cent >for it. You and me and all others do not have the right to DEMAND that this or >that program is going to be tested. Therefore there is also neither a need for >them to EXCUSE nor to justify why some programs are tested and some others not. >This Chessmaster topic has been discussed and explained (!) dozens of times here >and I don't understand why it arises again and again. > > >>It also appears to me that there are enough Chessmaster games stored on the >>Playchess server for Chessbase to accumulate that an evaluation could be >>determined. Chessbase's silence, along with SSDF is puzzling......... >> >>DHM > > >This is totally nonsense what you are writing here. >CB server and ICC: Everyone can play there with own settings+books, (very) short >time controls and different hardware. This has NOTHING to do with SSDF >conditions. So including the CB server games and/or the ICC games is totally >nonsense. Harold, You are correct. It's total nonsense to not have the largest selling single commercial chess program in the world not included on the SSDF list. DHM
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