Author: Hans Christian Lykke
Date: 22:33:20 06/09/99
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On June 09, 1999 at 13:58:12, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > >On June 09, 1999 at 01:17:44, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On June 09, 1999 at 00:21:13, Brian Smith wrote: >> >>>On June 08, 1999 at 22:25:32, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>Hello Mel, >>>>I know nothing of a new ChessMaster program but I know that "TheKing" engine is >>>>up to at least version 3.0 and I expect to see that in the next ChessMaster >>>>program. They are usually a year or so apart so I'd look for it in the next few >>>>months or at least by Christmas. >>>> Jim Walker >>> >>>I just hope it finally went up to 3.x because of some big advancement, not >>>because people thought/think that there was no need to buy CM6k because the >>>engine version only jumped from 2.55 to 2.61. >> >>Chessmaster marketing has never focused on the engine strength, with the >>possible exception of the jump from CM3000 to CM4000, where they substituted de >>Koning's engine for some apparently home-brew one. There'll be a new version of >>Chessmaster because there is another Christmas coming, not because of the engine >>difference. :-) > >Hello Dave! > >Chessmaster 6000 is, in my opinion, the most controversial program around, It >was number 1 on the SSDF and now is number 2 - by just 1 point! How is it >possible that the SSDF's rating system is considered so sound and yet there is >this diversified opinion as to whether CM6000 even belongs in the top 5? What is >your evaluation of CM6000, and how do you explain its high rating? > >Do you know how CM6000 has done in matches against Hiarcs 7 and Fritz 5.32? > Until now: CM6000 - Fritz 5.32 2 - 2 CM6000 - Hiarcs 7 1,5 - 2,5 Venlig hilsen Hans Chr. Lykke SSDF >Mel> >>Dave
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