Author: Les Walker
Date: 21:14:21 11/09/98
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On November 09, 1998 at 23:56:24, Detlef Pordzik wrote: >On November 09, 1998 at 08:59:19, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >>Looking at the lastest SSDF rankings I was wondering where CM5500 was, the only >>ones they have are CM5000 ranked 26th then CM4000 at 51st. >> >>Can someone please tell me why even though CM6000 is very new, why there is no >>mention to adding it in the December ratings and CM5500 was not tested at all. >>and that program has been out for a while. I find the SSDF ratings very >>incomplete. and mis-guiding. >> >>If someone can answer why the most bought chess program versions in the world >>are not tested then I would like to know why please. > >While printing the new SSDF list I recognized something similar and asked Mr. >Karlsson in a email concerning this today. > >I doubt, I'll get an answer. >" No autoplayer " is absolutely no reason for my opinion, not to test a brandnew >product of this value. >As weather de Koning nor Distributor Mindscape have the slightest lobby down >there, nobody will have a look at the settings, that make sense. So, if at all, >CM will be sent into games with the standard settings - of 1 MB Hash tables - >against progs who refuse to start below 48 MB. >But, as said, they didn't care the least about this in the CM 5.000 Vs - they >didn't even use CM 5.500 - why should they use CM 6.000 at all ? > >ELVIS In my opinion, if the Chessmasters were included in the list, and everything were set fairly, i.e. hardware, software settings, etc., Chessmaster 6000 would be number one, with Chessmaster 5555 being 2nd or 3rd on the list. It is also my opinion that the Chessmasters are not included for this very reason. I believe it is a "smart" business decision. Kind Regards, Les
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