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Subject: Re: CM6K still one of the best - SSDF

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:19:17 06/02/99

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On June 02, 1999 at 04:17:30, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Micheal,
>
>Hah,hah,hah,hah...  NYUK,NYUK,NYUK.  You are correct sir.  Are you going to buy
>Hiarcs 7.32 in order to have all of its features?  You already own Rebel 10 and
>like me seem happy with it.
>
>By the way, the margin of error for the 182 manually played CM6000 games was
>plus 61 to minus 53 against opponents that were  200 points weaker.  This does
>not mean that CM6000 is 61 points stronger than reported or that it is 53 points
>weaker.  What it means is that we should have less confidence in the results.
>
>Don't be disappointed if CM6000 ends up in 5th or 6th place.   CM6000 is a great
>program but it is not used by Kasparov for his analysis.  On the other hand, we
>are not Kasparov.
>
>Keep on loving computer chess,
>
>Tim Frohlick

CM6k is very close to the other top programs, so a GM would not notice the
difference in strength (probably). But they would notice the horrible analyzing
functions in CM6k. Also, they may just not like Dutch programs in American
clothes! :\

James



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