Author: Ernst Walet
Date: 11:23:36 11/25/00
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On November 25, 2000 at 04:21:56, Steve Maughan wrote: >CM 8000 is now available from Electronics Boutique in the UK. To test it out I >thought I’d pit it against Gambit Tiger. It proved to be quite an interesting >game. After the opening I thought Gambit Tiger was going to storm the king side >and win quickly but ChessMaster found a resourceful sacrifice (16... Nxd4!) > >[d]1r2r1k1/ppp2ppp/2nq2n1/5Q2/3PB3/4PP2/P2B1P1P/R3K2R b KQ – > >From then on ChessMaster took the initiative and looked as if it would win. At >one stage ChessMaster and Gambit Tiger thought black had a 3 to 4 pawn >advantage, including two connected passed pawns. I played on and to my >amazement Gambit Tiger clawed its way back. ChessMaster didn’t managed to get >its rook begin its pawns and the game ended in a draw; although there were >moments of excitement right up to the end. I have a suspicion that some work >needs to be done on ChessMaster’s / The King’s endgame as Gambit Tiger seemed to >be consistently out-searching it despite the slower hardware. > >Overall my first impressions of ChessMaster are positive. After the lacklustre >upgrade of ChessMaster 7000 there is definitely something for the enthusiast in >the latest package. The main highlights for me are Winboard support, Visual >Thinking while in two player mode (at last!!) and of course the latest King >engine. > >My wish list for ChessMaster 8000 patch 1 would be: > >1) Ability to select engine in Visual Thinking. At the moment it is only the >standard ChessMaster with, I assume, 1 Mb of hash. > >2) Deciphering mate score in Visual Thinking i.e. +M5 or +#5 instead of +99.90. > >3) Allowing the ChessMaster engine to be used in other application. I can’t see >a downside for Mattel – they could even still check for CD. > >4) Copy and Paste of EPD and PGN (as in Shredder) > >All in all definitely worth the 30 quid! > There is a way around point one, that is to define your own peronality (ie. the standard chessmaster with a bigger hash table) and rename it to CHESSMASTER.CMP in the Personalities folder. Ernst.
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