Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 05:09:41 01/09/01
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On January 08, 2001 at 20:29:45, John Merlino wrote: >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 My testing indicated that Chessmater 8k is a little weaker then the Fritz6, Junior 6, and so on. Most of this weakness is probably due to the tiny book. Hey John, how about letting some of chess nuts beta test the patch? ;)
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