Author: James T. Walker
Date: 13:32:55 02/19/01
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On February 19, 2001 at 15:30:43, Andreas St. wrote: >On February 19, 2001 at 15:24:37, John Merlino wrote: > >>It has long been said that the opening book that the Chessmaster personality >>uses (and has used for the last several versions) is particularly weak. Some >>have called it horrible. The development team for the next version of >>Chessmaster (don't laugh) has already started the process of getting the book >>fixed/improved, and would like to hear your comments, if you have any. >> >>Does anybody have any concrete evidence of any data in the opening book that is >>incorrect or bad? Or of any knowledge holes in the book? If you DO have any >>specific instances of bad data in the book, please let me know by e-mail (or >>post here, if you aren't SURE that the moves are bad, and want your suspicions >>discussed). >> >>Many thanks, >> >>jm > >Hi John, > >i have optimized the CM book last month. I think now the Book is much better. >If you want you can get it per mail. I will continue to optimize it... > >Greets > >AS I believe the main weakness in the CM8K book is the "missing" learning feature. Almost all top programs will discover weaknesses or games that they can win in certain openings and try to repeat these games. CM8K will lose the same game over and over again. I have noticed weak opening lines in all of the top programs that I own but they eventually stop using them because of the lost games. Jim
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