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Subject: Re: Estimated strength of CM6000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 20:24:19 09/25/00

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On September 25, 2000 at 20:41:17, Daniel Chancey wrote:

>I don't think it's SSDF rating is worth something since Chessmaster 6000 hasn't
>been tested by SSDF for months now.  They're focusing on the stronger programs
>and letting Chessmaster fall further from the group.
>
>
>Plus, there's been much stronger personalities made during the past couple of
>months. Personalities like CMQueen++, CMQTest, CMKing+, and CMExtra can easily
>beat Chessmaster and CM6555 had a few victories over Fritz 6a.
>
>This is just a guess, but on a K6-450 with the strongest personality,
>Chessmaster's rating could be around 2530-2560.
>
>Castle2000

SSDF's ratings are as valid now as they were when they were first posted. The
validity of the data hasn't changed, so neither has the validity of the results.
Just because newer and stronger programs are being tested on faster hardware, it
doesn't mean that older programs have gotten weaker.

jm



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