Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:50:50 05/14/01
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On May 14, 2001 at 13:40:29, John Merlino wrote: >Having completed 100 G/60 games against the Chessmaster default personality, I >have finished my testing of CM_Utzinger. > >Here's the final tally: > >100 G/10: >Chessmaster 51.0, CM_Utzinger 49.0 (+30 =42 -28) > >100 G/60: >CM_Utzinger 57.5, Chessmaster 42.5 (+37 =41 -22) > >So, it appears that Kurt is on to something here. PERHAPS I might test >CM_Utzinger at a faster time control (perhaps G/5 or G/3), as it seems to hold >its own at G/10 against the default. > >But, for now, I'm going to test CMFun, as some of the settings (particular the >piece values) are surprisingly different than the default. > >One thing I have noticed, though, that appears to be common among most of the >personalities that have been touted as superior to the default, is that the King >Safety value is noticeably higher than the default, usually somewhere between >140 and 160. Just something to think about.... > >jm It's sad yet known that there is no real way to be certain of a setting, without endless games against a variety of programs. Look for example at my 30 min tourneys against the default Chessmaster 16 (16 Mb hash) In one CMFun won easily in the other lost. Naturally playing it against the default is fun but in the end proves very little. Myself I'll let it run for a while against Utzinger at game 60. From the results I posted it seems to do better at 30' yet did ok against Deep Fritz in 60 autoplayed. I think in most of the touted better settings, king safety is normally pretty high. Sarah.
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