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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 8000 faces Tiger 13 on chess.net in 2 hours + Test Games

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:21:17 12/03/00

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On December 03, 2000 at 15:54:31, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On December 03, 2000 at 14:18:49, Daniel Chancey wrote:
>
>>Chessmaster 8000 will face Rebel Tiger 13 this time.  Default hash will be 16mb.
>> Books will be the same and 8000's personality will be Chessmaster 8000 with
>>Chessmaster.obk book and 16mb hash.
>>
>>I've ran a few G/10 games using 8000 and there is a tournament going on which 3
>>are tied with 2.5/3 as halftime nears.
>>
>>Test games.  Hash at 32mb
>>
>>     White                   Black             Time             Result
>>     CMQueen+                Liam              G/10             1/2-1/2
>>     Chessmaster 8000        CMEvans           G/10               0-1
>>                     *Hash size changed to 16mb*
>>     CMEllwein               CMSilver          G/10               0-1
>>     CMNimzo732              BENDORZ           G/10             1/2-1/2
>>     CMQueen++               CMEvans           G/10               1-0
>>     CMKing+                 CM6666            G/10             1/2-1/2
>>     JOSH12P101              Liam2000          G/10               0-1
>>     CM5500JS                CM6555            G/10               0-1
>>     Chessmaster 8000        CMExtra           G/60             1/2-1/2
>>     Kasparov                Karpov            G/60               1-0
>>
>>To John:   Did the Chessmaster team do a few "tweaks" on my book?
>>
>>Castle2000
>
>When did you email your Chessmaster.obk to the Chessmaster team was it at least
>1 month before the release version of CM8000?
>
>Pichard.

I got the book, and some moderate inconclusive testing was done with it. In
other words, several games at different time controls with the Chessmaster
personality playing itself, with the only difference being one using the default
book and the other using your book, was, statistically speaking, a draw.

The development team is not in the habit of tweaking any opening books
themselves, as none of them are really qualified "experts" in opening theory.
Usually, they hire a GM to do it (and, by the way, GM Larry Evans is almost
certainly going to do the new book for the next version of Chessmaster).

So, as far as I know, apart from the testing, nothing further was done with your
book.

jm




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