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Subject: Re: M-Chess Pro7 : strength ??

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 10:45:27 12/26/97

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On December 26, 1997 at 12:44:27, Kim Hvarre wrote:

>On December 26, 1997 at 11:52:34, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>snp
>>
>>Dear Thorsten, there have been many postings before about the way
>>MChess'
>>book has been made. I once talked to Sandro Necchi in the AEGON
>>tournament
>>and he simply admitted that he was 'outbooking' all the opponents.
>>Inclu-
>>ding Genius and Rebel. IMO MCP is overrated in the swedish list.
>>It gains many points this way, which can be verified simply by starting
>>an autoplayer match between MCP and Genius/Rebel or Hiarcs. You will see
>>a lot of these games.....
>>
>>If you found out more of this, please post it in CCC!
>>
>>>I think this helps mchess7 to get a better score at all.
>>
>>Exactly! Precisely my point.
>>
>>>And hiarcs gets
>>>a weaker one. But hiarcs was released before mcp7, so it cannot defend
>>>much.
>>
>>And with the next release the lines are repaired and Hiarcs gets a
>>normal
>>score versus MCP. But the damage is already done and the points are
>>gone.
>>
>
>more snp
>
>Please - could one of You take e.g. 4 rounds (MCP7 vs e.g. Hiarcs)
>without books. If significant, it would tell us something about the
>"cooking"?
>
>Regards,
>
>kim

Actually, you could just try the famous Nunn positions. I don't know
them so I admit I'm speaking in ignorance but I have heard they are
equitable positions with possibilities for both sides. Just feed the
positions, turn off their books, and let them battle it out.



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