Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:08:12 02/22/01
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On February 22, 2001 at 13:29:21, John Merlino wrote: >On February 22, 2001 at 11:23:30, Sune Larsson wrote: > >>Jon 1696 hates horses. He's described as "all around solid chess player and >>values his bishops much more than his knights." >> >>This happened in a 5 min blitz. Jon is black. >> >>1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 Ng4 7.h3 Bxc3 >>8.Bxc3 Nh2 (please take my horse) 9.Nxh2 (okey) 9.-Nb4 10.a3 Nc2+ (please >>take my horse) 11.Qxc2 (allright) ;).... Solid ?! 1696?! >> >>Sune > >The problem here is that Jon's rating came strictly from comp vs. comp games. >The opponent engines have no idea about his (very obvious) weakness, and, >therefore, do not know there is something there that is very easy to exploit. >That's part of the fun of Chessmaster's many personalities (in my opinion) -- >figuring out the weaknesses of the supposedly stronger players, learning how to >beat them, and moving on to the next one. > >jm Just in case you're curious, here are Jon's results from the calibration test: 91 Jon 1595 Avg Opponent = 1544 --------------------------------------------------------- 55 Josh - Age 9 1879 +01 =00 -03 25.0% 56 Roxy 1847 +02 =00 -14 12.5% 57 Vlad 1847 +01 =01 -02 37.5% 59 Rusty 1831 +00 =00 -16 0.0% 60 Luke 1831 +00 =00 -04 0.0% 70 Kenji 1757 +00 =00 -04 0.0% 72 Josh - Age 9V1 1746 +00 =00 -05 0.0% 75 Josh - Age 8V2 1733 +01 =00 -07 12.5% 78 T.C. 1701 +01 =00 -03 25.0% 80 Dave 1675 +05 =02 -09 37.5% 84 Josh - Age 8 1641 +01 =01 -02 37.5% 92 George 1595 +01 =03 -04 31.3% 93 Max 1589 +03 =01 -04 43.8% 95 Mateo 1580 +01 =01 -02 37.5% 98 Cole 1554 +09 =03 -05 61.8% 100 Dylan 1521 +10 =04 -06 60.0% 101 Tasha 1513 +04 =02 -02 62.5% 105 Wendy 1476 +12 =02 -02 81.3% 106 Josh - Age 8V1 1468 +02 =01 -01 62.5% 110 Charles 1422 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 117 Liz 1372 +12 =00 -00 100.0% 121 Aaron 1338 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 123 Lacey 1309 +16 =00 -00 100.0% 127 Elijah 1301 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 143 Risa 1153 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 154 Kris 1105 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 159 Willow 1086 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 162 Berry 1069 +04 =00 -00 100.0% 190 Derek 668 +04 =00 -00 100.0% The "V1" and "V2" personalities are early versions of those personalities that are not in the final product. jm
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