Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:05:52 04/15/00
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On April 15, 2000 at 12:18:39, blass uri wrote: >On April 15, 2000 at 12:00:48, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On April 15, 2000 at 11:30:02, James wrote: >> >>>On April 15, 2000 at 09:18:28, blass uri wrote: >>> >>>>On April 15, 2000 at 08:30:42, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>>So far this has been the best Setting for CM6666, which sometimes even beat >>>>>Fritz 6a. >>>>> >>>>> Setting for CM6666 >>>>> >>>>>Style Positional Material >>>>> >>>>>AD 3 M/P -3 OQ 9.9 >>>>>SOP 100 COC 103 OQ 9.7 >>>>> >>>>>R 0 MOB 104 OR 5.0 >>>>>MSD 20 KS 134 OR 5.0 >>>>> >>>>>SS 10 PP 100 OB 3.3 >>>>>CFD 0.0 PW 134 OB 3.3 >>>>> >>>>>TT = ON OK 3.2 >>>>>DT = ON OK 3.2 >>>>> >>>>> OP 1.0 >>>>> OP 1.0 >>>>> >>>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>By mixing the original Anand Setting with the Material setting from CM6666, I >>>>>finally discovered a much stronger setting, which just won a mini match of 50 >>>>>games in 15 minutes per side, using an AMD K6 II 500 Mhz with 128 MB of RAM. >>>>>When I matched CM6666 setting against my new CM8888, which I just renamed, >>>>>CM8888 won >>>>>38 out of 50 games. >>>>> >>>>> Setting for CM8888 >>>>> >>>>>Style Positional Material >>>>> >>>>>AD 5 M/P -5 OQ 9.9 >>>>>SOP 100 COC 105 OQ 9.7 >>>>> >>>>>R 0 MOB 120 OR 5.0 >>>>>MSD 20 KS 100 OR 4.9 >>>>> >>>>>SS 8 PP 110 OB 3.2 >>>>>CFD 1.0 PW 100 OB 3.2 >>>>> >>>>>TT = ON OK 3.1 >>>>>DT = ON OK 3.1 >>>>> >>>>> OP 1.0 >>>>> OP 1.0 >>>>> >>>>>If you already have CM6000, it is very easy to set up a new setting, Just click >>>>>under Game and Click the set up a Personality, once you set the new values for >>>>>your new Setting Don't forget to save it. If you are having hard time to set the >>>>>new setting using your mouse and Bar , simply Click the bar and use your arrows >>>>>key. >>>> >>>>I think that using different values for your queen(rook) and your opponent's >>>>queen(rook) is a bad idea. >>>> >>>>Maybe it works against most programs because they have no idea how to play when >>>>there are queens in the board(I see that programs without the name chessmaster >>>>are often bean counters in queens endgames and do not understand the importance >>>>of passed pawns in these endgames) but I do not believe that it is a good idea >>>>against chessmaster personalities. >>>> >>>>It is not going to be a good idea against other programs when programs get >>>>better so I suggest to stop suggesting not equal numbers for material. >>>> >>>>Uri >> >>I also own Fritz 6a and Junior 6a for more than a month, plus I own an AMD >>ATHLON 800 Mhz, which I am planning to pit against my new setting of CM8888. I >>do understand that traditionally the queen and the rook has a value of 9 and 5 >>points, but I do not see the reason for saying that changing these values will >>make a program play worst chess. > >I only said that using different value for white queen and black queen is not a >good idea. > >I did not say that changing the queen value from 9 to another number is a bad >idea but only that >the values 9.9 9.7 are not logical and something like 9.8 for both queens seems >more logical(it may help to beat other programs but I do not believe that it is >a good idea against other chess master personalities or for the future when >programs get better) > >Uri I don't like 9.8 or any such number. I have watched several programs play crafty and get into a 3 piece vs queen where they have the queen and think they are a pawn up. Generally they are lost.
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