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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