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Subject: Re: CM8000-a surprising result

Author: pavel

Date: 19:33:46 11/19/00

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On November 19, 2000 at 22:01:40, eric guttenberg wrote:

>I have an old Berlin Pro dedicated chess computer. It still beats me like
>a drum but it is no longer a match for any of the good programs on even
>a modest PC like my Celeron 333mhz. In a 20 game set I played manually
>at G/30, CM6000 had beaten Berlin 18-0 with 2 draws.
>
>So it was a surprise when I began a set of games between Berlin and
>CM8000 at G/30.  After 7 games, CM8000 is leading by 3-1, with 3 draws.
>And CM8000 had to fight from behind in 2 of the draws. I don't get it.
>Especially since a recent post I saw mentioned CM8000 leading Fritz 6a
>after 20 games in a closely contested G/60 match the poster was running.
> And in my games Berlin always loses to Fritz 6a.

which poster?
can you refer to me that post?

thanks
pavs

>
>I must say CM8000 has been positively schizophrenic so far. It beat
>Berlin easily in its 3 games with White, including one where CM8000
>started a forced mate in 9, beginning at move 21.  But with Black,
>CM8000 has struggled every time. In fact, it has evaluated each of its Black
>positions as significanty favoring White on the first move out of book
>and has stayed behind for the rest of the game. So CM8000 is 3-0 with
>White and 0-1 with 3 draws with Black.
>
>Well, I'll keep playing and see what happens. But I am confused.
>
>
>eric



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