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Subject: Re: Something wrong with Chessmaster 8000

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:18:23 07/31/01

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On July 31, 2001 at 03:12:37, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:

>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

Yes, if you want to fix the file yourself, just do the following:

-- Open the "Dreev vs Kotronias.tut" file in any text editor.
-- Search for "@Q24" (without the quotation marks). This is the section that has
the error.
-- The first line that starts with "42. b4" is the one with the error. Right
before the semicolon at the end of the line, put a '2'. So, the whole line
should say:

42. b4:Incorrect. The correct answer was Bf5.:2;

Then save the file. Congratulations, you've completed your own patch! ;-)

jm



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