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Subject: Re: Why is Chessmaster so popular in CCC?

Author: Michael Fuhrmann

Date: 14:54:36 07/05/00

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On July 05, 2000 at 14:45:19, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 05, 2000 at 14:22:04, Eran wrote:
>
>>Many chess lovers in CCC talk again and again about Chessmaster and
>>personalities. I don't own Chessmaster and I don't know why it is so popular in
>>CCC. Isn't it? Chessmaster is not for serious chess players.
>
>Chessmaster is definitely one of the strongest engines around.  It is incredibly
>inexpensive.  Personally, I like many of the other chess engines better, but I
>can definitely see the appeal of Chessmaster.
>
>making decisions as to "what is for serious players" can only be done by the
>serious players themselves.  Chessmaster definitely does some things better than
>other chess engines.
>
>It has an ugly interface, does not connect to FICS and ICC and it does not
>process EPD in batches, so it is not all that appealing for me.
>
>Have you ever tried playing against it?  I found the experience quite
>humilating.  I have never felt humilated by any other chess engine.  (Beaten
>quite regularly, but that's not the same thing).

Curious to know: how is the "humiliation" when being beaten by CM different from
whatever you feel when being beaten regularly by Crafty, Fritz, et al?



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