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Subject: Re: Chessmaster and SSDF

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 07:46:54 11/10/98

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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.

I am sure you are welcome as a SSDF member.  If you want to play a few hundred
manual games with CM6000, please go ahead, and the program will be included
on the list.  If you have better ways to spend your time, please stop
complaining.

>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 ?

Why should they use CM5500?  The engine and opening book is the same as in
CM5000.

Tord



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