Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:09:20 04/23/01
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On April 23, 2001 at 13:54:38, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >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 Johan and I are looking into the possibility of a problem with the test setup like there was the first time around. If we find anything (and then confirm it with Hans) then I will post it here. If I don't say anything, then I don't have anything to say.... ;-) jm
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