Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 16:59:02 04/11/01
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On April 11, 2001 at 19:41:00, James T. Walker wrote: >On April 11, 2001 at 19:22:12, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>On April 11, 2001 at 18:55:33, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On April 11, 2001 at 14:46:16, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>Yippie :-) !!! >>>> >>>>In fact I was already thinking something odd was happening on my computer and to >>>>my sense of judgement as CM performed so well here. >>>> >>>>I even remember I thought of sending a similar tip to Thorsten Czub when he >>>>started his Millenium tournament but then I thought : "hey , noone but silly me >>>>will stumble across this" ( as this confused me , too , in the beginning ) . >>>> >>>>Cheers. >>>> >>>>pete >>> >>>I find all of this hard to believe. Is the SSDF libing in a cave? >> >>What do you mean? Do you mean he plays 50 tournament games and publish them here >>in order to miscredit Chessmaster8000? If this was so easy to understand why >>don't you told us about it. >> >>Bertil >> >> >>>problem was mentioned here in great detail in the original version and the >>>change made with the patch. Effectively doubling the speed of CM8K will help >>>some but I suspect this will be partly offset by the "Learning" features of it's >>>opponents. I don't know how you can effectively test CM8K vs the Tigers since >>>the Tigers refuse to play CM8K from the black side. Maybe the Chessbase version >>>will work better in this respect than the Lockasoft version. Also I believe >>>CM8K fans should not get too excited about it's prospects on the SSDF list. I >>>believe the other programs have improved more than Chessmaster in the last 2 >>>years. Mostly because of the lack of book learning,lack of a better opening >>>book and lack of tablebases. I hope I'm wrong but my own testing is the reason >>>for my skepticism. I feel sure it will not be number 1. >>>Jim > >Hello Bertil, >I have read all 3 of your post and still I don't understand what you are saying. > I explained what I meant in the lines following the first 2 sentences that you >apparently have a problem with. What I said and what I mean is that the problem >was well known and highly publicised right here on CCC. Anyone paying attention >to the CM8K post by John and many others should have known about the multiple >engine problem. Especially anyone considering testing CM8K for strength/rating >purposes. >Jim Thanks Jim Things had been easier if someone had dropped us a line about it before we had played with it for weeks. I have also seen that a lot of people have done the some mistake that was obvious for you and a few more. Sorry for the multiple postings Bertil
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