Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:59:10 05/03/01
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On May 03, 2001 at 14:38:39, Rainer Neuhäusler wrote: >On May 03, 2001 at 13:49:04, John Merlino wrote: > >>On May 03, 2001 at 06:26:19, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >___ >>I completely understand your point, but there are two kinds of Chessmaster users >>to consider here: the kind the represent the users of this board, and the other >>95% (or more). >> >>The users here are (typically) owners of multiple chess programs (for various >>reasons). And many of them are interested in finding "the best" one of them all. >>This, of course, leads to people who keep upgrading and testing new versions >>against old versions, etc. etc. etc.... >> >>The OTHER 95+% of Chessmaster owners have ONLY Chessmaster (although they may >>have more than one version), and my testing is intended for them. All I'm >>interested in is finding the best OVERALL settings CONFINED to the Chessmaster >>world. If some settings can be found that are clearly equal or stronger over ALL >>time controls and on ALL hardware (which is what the default settings are >>intended to be), then I will definitely sit up and take notice (as I have done >>with CM_Utzinger). But, if someone creates a personality that is fantastic at >>blitz but weak at longer time controls, then I am not interested. >> >>jm >_____ > >Your philosophy of an OVERALL-CHESSMASTER ist well known Mr. Merlino. You have >told it to me several weeks ago. >Have yo read my post in the thread from yesterday (proclamation to all cm8000 >fans) http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?167172 >There you can find my opinion concerning the testing of different personalities. > >But first of all I'm interested in the following questions: > >1. Have you tested the Chessmaster 8000 against top-engines like Fritz6, >Shredder5 and Chess Tiger 14 and which results there are? > >2. The Chessmaster 9000 will be released with book learning, position learning >and Tabelbases ? > >regards and thanks >Rainer Yes, I read the post that you mention above, and your comments are valid. To answer your questions: 1) No, because I do not have them. 2) Tablebases, yes. Book learning and position learning are still undecided. jm
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