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Subject: Re: Dissapointed IN CM8000

Author: Lin Harper

Date: 03:34:09 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 01:03:33, Garry Evans wrote:

>
>I am no longer a fan of Chessmaster, my testing say's that the new engine is
>much weaker than the previous version. I no longer see Brilliant Tal like
>attacks, or the ability to maintain the initiative which is a hallmark of
>Chessmaster's play, all that I see now is chessmaster losing, especially when
>playing against the tigers. I doubt if Chessmaster's Programmer even put any
>serious work into improving the engine. I believe they knew that just the
>mention of a new engine would bring more sales. I feel like a goffer and a Mark,
>they got me good with this one!! Well I guess from now on my chessmaster8000
>will collect dust on my hardrive along with Mchess 8, Genius6, and Zarkov.

  Hi Garry. Are you using the patched version of CM8K? A match was
  recently played CM8K vs Fritz6. Chessmaster won 7-3. It's not a
  weak program, and it's great value for money, IMO.



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