Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:45:27 04/24/01
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On April 24, 2001 at 15:52:06, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>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.
I think that one of the thing that makes you one of the strongest programmer is
the fact that you can see if your engine is stronger or weaker than the previous
version.
For me it is obvious that Johan must have this ability, from the results he has
achieved in the past.
If the result of CM8000 vs Deep Fritz represents well the strength of the new
"The King" engine, then how Johan could have missed that in his private tests?
>>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.
Maybe...
Christophe
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