Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:04:12 04/03/01
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On April 03, 2001 at 20:36:13, Brian Kostick wrote: >On April 03, 2001 at 18:56:54, John Merlino wrote: > >>On April 03, 2001 at 16:55:43, Brian Kostick wrote: >> >>> No, no time to throw in the towel. Some that know me don't like that I fight >>>on even when in lost position. I'm not always a jerk, but sometimes I do want >>>the game to end by checkmate or so clearly as I can see the end. No time for was >>>it brain game #14 retrospect? >>> >>> If you happen to read maybe you can answer this question: MCO-14 is a reading >>>book? Perhaps I will purchase as study material. >>> >>> I will comment on two factors I didn't like about the move/voting list. One is >>>the implied best to worst stacking order. Some just vote for the first move on a >>>list of this type. Next I don't like the public viewing of the vote, BEFORE they >>>enter thier own vote. This has influence by public opinion. >>> >>> On to todays thinking/evaluation... Regards, Brian K. >> >>MCO-14 means "Modern Chess Openings, 14th Edition". This is the most recent >>edition, released two years ago, and it is by GM Nick DeFirmian. I wouldn't >>exactly call it a "reading book", but rather a reference with annotations. >> >>As for the voting list, I don't like the new format either. But, at least I was >>able to talk them out of putting the current vote total in the list, so the >>people who DON'T know that the list is sorted can still vote their conscience. >> >>jm > >John, > > I don't know that the list was sorted, but apparently some thought so? Due to >the inverted cone shape of the voting I would say that the list wasn't random. >Thanks for your efforts to delay the viewing of the current vote. Until now I >wasn't aware that you had worked on this. > > Thanks for the info on MCO-14. I think I did once see it with a couple of >other opening books, one of them the Nunn opening work. Right now my openings >are limited/short as I study tactics and endgame quite heavily, but I keep in >mind good reference material. Also, I was fishing for a term to describe an >ink/paper book, rather than a computer opening book so I used the phrase >"reading book". I'm sure we have understanding on this issue. > > If you or someone else happens to read, maybe there is a comment on ChessBrain >and the information or engine behind it? I am not familar with it, or where it's >suggestions come from. Thank you, Brian K. For at least one day, the list was sorted AND the number of votes for each move was displayed with the move. I suggested that they stop showing the number of votes, but I would suspect that the list is still sorted (whether it is intentional or not, I do not know). I was the liaison between the marketing people here and the ChessBrain people. They contacted us regarding a CM8000 vs. the Web game, I passed on the request to the appropriate people, and handled all communication necessary to start the game. ChessBrain appears to be a database program that also has the ability to add lengthy annotations (based on database findings and statistics, or on an engine's analysis) to games. I have not seen it, so I cannot comment on how good it is, though.... jm
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