Author: Scott Woods
Date: 13:45:16 04/19/01
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Hi John,
My tuppence worth.... So many points raised in just 1 post..... sorry.
When I play CM8K default settings(64Mg Hash) against the Ubtzinger?? settings (
Also 64Mg hash ) with their respective opening books - the games always seem
pretty even to me. (This is on 2 PC's by the way )
QUESTION: Are you are playing CM against itself with the different settings too?
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However against another PC package;Fritz 6 for example, the Ubtzinger?? settings
seem to always come out of an opening book in a much better position than the
standard CM8K offering.
( In Cm standard it always come out in a position loss )
There are one or two bits here that need some thought and knowledge ( admittedly
more I have. )
I read on this site that Johan uses a special anti-comp book for his
tournaments.
Well I can believe that.
I'm no chess expert - but even I feel that the standard CM opening book is out
of the dark ages in comparison to the competition.
Then there are the engine parameters.
Previously you have posted that the default settings are the strongest for all
types of play.
QUESTION: Does this mean that...
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1/ These are the optimal settings for all particular types of game.
But not neccesarily the strongest for Blitz, or 60mins or whatever....
or
2/ No matter what the time controls - the CM team believe there is nothing more
that can be tweaked in the parameters to make CM stronger in any particular
type of game.
I strongly suspect the answer is option 1.
As other posts here have said is that when Johan operates the computer he gets
much stronger results.
I guess this is because...
a/ He knows what software package he will be up against & he has done his
homework.
b/ He can tweak the opening book and settings to play a style of chess
that is capable of bettering that particular opponent.
c/ My experience is that "The King" seems susceptible to low performance on
slower hardware more than it's opponents.
( as it appears not to use tablebases - it needs to think about the endgame
a lot more )
QUESTION: Can you clarify?
Now here are some marketing opportunities for you...
Invite your customers to....
1/ A CM8K competition to find the best performing engine setting/ opening book
2/ Identify what they want in the next CM release.
( Erm, tablebases, learning etc )
3/ Why not use some customers as EXTERNAL beta testers
If there is a problem with the software - they will find it as the
previous posts on this site have shown - and most likely well before
the final release date..... hey no patches!
I'm sure you can round up some bodies for free.
Thanks in advance
Scott
PS. Apologies to Kurt for no doubt spelling his CM8K settings name wrong.
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