Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 10:54:38 04/23/01
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On April 23, 2001 at 13:40:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 23, 2001 at 13:16:32, John Smith wrote: > >>This is ridiculous; my freebie arasan could have given a better accounting of >>itself. No wonder chessmaster is available in Toys R Us; its a kiddy game. >>Some of the powers that be in SDDF should just stop the torment and wait till >>Chessmaster comes up with a serious product or go back to testing Chessmaster >>6000 (which I happen to love; my favorite chessmaster :) ) > > >ChessMaster 8000 includes the engine named "The King" written by Johan De >Koning. > >It is one of the strongest engines in the world, at least the previous versions >were. > >I do not see any reason why Johan would have produced a weaker engine, and this >is the reason why I believe something went wrong SOMEWHERE ELSE. I guess that >CM8000 is going to be rated under CM6000, or at least close to CM6000, and this >cannot be real (CM6000 was tested on PPro200, CM8000 is being tested on K6-2 >450). > >I wish the producers of CM8000 and Johan will find out what went wrong. You >could think I would enjoy watching a competitor in such a bad position, but I >don't. > >I respect Johan for the great job he has done so far, and for me it's clear that >he is still one of the best in his field. > >I have no doubt that the SSDF's tests are fair, I just believe that there must >be a bug in CM8000 (probably in the GUI). Just a guess of course. > > > > Christophe I have had some very positive results with chessmaster 8000 and i did post them here, but nobody seemed to care, it seems like it is more "in" to ridicule than to find a solution to the problem. Regards Jonas
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