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Subject: Re: Something wrong with Chessmaster 8000

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 00:12:37 07/31/01

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On July 27, 2001 at 23:31:45, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 27, 2001 at 06:36:23, Åge Trulssen wrote:
>
>>On July 26, 2001 at 23:49:23, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On July 26, 2001 at 20:42:54, Åge Trulssen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Tonight i downloaded the last update 1.03.Then i tried to "Match the Masters"
>>>>game 3 Dreev-Kotronias. At move 42. I had only one alternativ and that was
>>>>b4.And of course that was wrong.Bf5 was right,but that was as i said no
>>>>alternativ.
>>>>After the game i wanted to see how many points i got.And guess what; 106
>>>>points!!
>>>>And thats not all.It is not possible to chose set and pieces when i use Match
>>>>the Masters.
>>>>John Merlino; I hope you can fix it to the next update!
>>>
>>>There is an error in the script at the 42nd move. Unfortunately, it is probably
>>>not possible to change it at this time. I'll let you know.
>>>
>>>It is definitely possible to get more than 100 points, because all of the bonus
>>>questions, after the end of hte game, are worth "extra" points.
>>>
>>>You CAN change your chess set in the middle of a tutorial or Match the Masters
>>>game, but it's a bit sneaky. Just right-click on the board.
>>>
>>>jm
>>Thank you for the answer.I will try to right-click on the board next time.How
>>can i rate my skill,when top of the scale after the game Dreev-Kotronias is
>>100points?
>
>The "main" section of each Match the Masters game is worth 100 points. But the
>bonus questions can allow you to get back quite a few of the points that you
>lost with incorrect answers in the main section. In the case of the Dreev game,
>you can get back as many as 18 points if you answer all of the bonus questions
>correctly.
>
>So, basically, if you are scoring more than 100 points (assuming this is the
>first time you have taken this test), then you are a very good player (according
>to Bruce Pandolfini's estimations, anybody who scores 100 points or more is at
>least a Master).
>
>jm

Do yo have the missing score for this b4 move so we can edit the file ourself?

I let Chessmaster anf Chess Tiger 14 both with 16MB hash on a PIII/800MHz run
throug the first game (Iordachescu-Portisch, Linares 2000) with 3 min. for each
position and they scored respectively 81 for CM and 75 for CT, so it is quite
impressive that a class C player could score 106.

Odd Gunnar



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