Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 12:14:26 06/06/00
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On June 05, 2000 at 19:32:40, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>On June 05, 2000 at 16:27:33, Jorge wrote:
>
>>Can someone tell me what Engine does the CA2k software uses and how strong is
>>it?
>>Thanks ;,
>
>There have been several short reviews of Chess Academy 5.0, the chess playing
>program, so far; a good review by Karsten Bauermeister appeared in one of the
>Computerschach und Spiele issues (the CSS Feb-March issue, 2000). Karsten
>believes that CA 5.0
You should try to be more explicit in your abbreviations.
For many people, CA5.0 is Chess Assistant 5.0, which includes the Tiger 12.0
engine.
It has nothing to do with Chess Academy 2000.
Christophe
> is as strong as, say Mchess 8.0 or Crafty, for that matter.
>(BTW, it's been developed for about five years -- since at least 1995!)
>
>Chess Academy 5.0, the chess playing program, is an original 32-bit program by
>Intelinvest that plays strong chess (how strong I will try to find out, but my
>first impressions indicate about 2550-2600 on a fast 450Mhz computer!) that is
>highly original in its style. Two features may account for that: first, its
>enormous opening book (about 11 milion positions) and the very user-friendly
>opening book editor, and, second, the concept of integration of typical
>middle-game positions into the middle-game book that has about 8 million typical
>patterns (typical in the sense that they are not singularly defined positions
>but rather structural patterns -- the book actually recognises structurally
>similar setups so that you may be surprised finding out that on move, say 21,
>the program comes up with a "book" move from its middle-game book!).
>
>I hope to be able to write a comprehensive review during June. I may put up a
>version on my pages as well...
>
>*** Djordje
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