Author: John Merlino
Date: 17:29:45 01/08/01
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On January 08, 2001 at 20:05:11, dario wrote: >On January 08, 2001 at 18:43:11, John Merlino wrote: > >>>What about things affecting playing strength, tactical, positional knowledge >>>etc. I keep seeing people say that previous versions are stronger, as strong, >or give or take-about the same (more or less). >>>S.Taylor >> >>This is not at all proven, and most users who reported this were actually >>playing both programs on the same machine. Chessmaster 7000 (and before) was >>much less polite about letting other programs have the CPU, so CM7000 and 6000 >>have an unfair advantage against CM8000. >> >>jm > >On my Athlon 1.2 ghz CM8 appears to be as strong as Fritz 6, Gandalf_432g and >Junior 6. At the moment i am running a tournament with CM8 vs. Gandalf_432g >40/120 20 games. >However the results i have already from CM8 is VERY good and they are certantly >better than the results i got with CM5500 and CM7 (which had the same engine) >IMHO it is up there with the 10 best progs on the market at the moment!!! >Have a nice day CM5500 and CM7000 did NOT have the same engine. CM7000 had the same engine as CM6000 only. jm
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