Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:15:27 04/20/00
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On April 19, 2000 at 22:34:20, odell hall wrote: >Hi > > Has anyone besides noticed that Mchess has a very nice and entertaining >playing style? Although this program doesn't do very well against computers I >think that it would have a very high rating against humans. The reason why it is >probally not effective against computers is that it has a highly risky style. >Ofcourse such a risky style of play would provide alot of enjoyment as well many >victories against the human opponent. Personally I find Mchess to be in the >class of rebel, nimzo, and hiarcs6 when it comes to interesting playing style. I >hope that the programmer of this marvelous program does not end it with version >8 and decides to continue his work. Mchess certainly deserves alot of respect >and along with rebel has a Proud record against human opponents. MChess has the most attractive playing style, no doubt. SSDF is not the right area for MChess, human play is its aim, although I am sure MChess 8 is stronger than SSDF presents. Don't forget that MCP8 is now more than 18 months old, a period in which all other (commercial) programmers have improved and released their latest engines so it is no surprise when they overtake MChess. Anyway I would be interested to see MCP 8 play on current fast machines. SSDF only takes new programs on new hardware, so unfortunately this will be no new entry. However, there are rumours that MCP 9 is under construction. I hope this is true and we will celebrate the comeback of the year. :) Go MChess, go Marty! :)
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