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Subject: Re: No, CM8000 because...

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:55:51 05/04/01

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On May 04, 2001 at 18:32:38, Vine Smith wrote:

>On May 04, 2001 at 16:18:52, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 04, 2001 at 16:15:24, Vine Smith wrote:
>>
>>>Giving this program to Kramnik 3 months ahead of time will be to his
>>>disadvantage. First, he'll waste lots of time figuring out how to get it to work
>>>reasonably ("This isn't like Fritz at all! Where are the hash table settings?").
>>>Then, he'll probably make the mistake of opening an analysis window, maybe the
>>>mentor window too, and base his preparation on the engine running at 1/2 to 1/3
>>>speed due to the 2 or 3 engines spawned by this process, unbeknownst to him.
>>
>>On the other hand, he'd probably post here with his questions under an assumed
>>name and John Merlino would solve his problems in a jiffy.
>>
>>I wonder if the CM folks are going to do a multiple CPU version?

>Nah, Kramnik will be too insulted by being left off the "Personalities" list to
>contact Merlino ("Hmm...Anand, Kasparov...what the? Where am I? Are they saying
>I don't have any identifiable style?!"). Or he'll give himself away posting new
>settings for a Kramnik personality.
>Yeah, Chessmaster SMP -- uses one CPU per window open.

Sure he's in there.  It's a custom style called "concrete block"



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