Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 12:52:06 04/24/01
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On April 23, 2001 at 13:40:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >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. that was true for chessmaster6000. 7000 and 8000 seem, for whatever reason, a backstep. >I do not see any reason why Johan would have produced a weaker engine, programmers often do not know if their latest versions are stronger or weaker. >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 do not believe something went wrong somewhere else. IMO the engine is weaker. if this is due to a design bug in the UI, they should be able to find out. I know from experience that NOT all the king engines were STRONGER than the versions before. IMO johan needs a better team. i would suggest cock de gorter. and a few others. it takes time to find out about an engine. >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. right. but something went wrong. you say: UI, i say: johan has not seen that THIS engine is weaker. maybe he was too shallow in testing. >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. right. as long as johan is not telling us, we can only guess. IMO cm6 is stronger cm8. sorry. i am depressed myself. but.. > Christophe
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