Author: Jorge
Date: 09:49:12 09/17/01
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On September 17, 2001 at 11:09:59, John Merlino wrote: >On September 17, 2001 at 03:16:06, pavel wrote: > >>Today I bought chessmaster 8000, this is my first chessmaster version after >>4000b. >> >>I just installed it and started a tourny already. >> >>few problems, >> >>1) chessmaster doesnt seem to read pgn files? >>2) you cant make chessmaster analyze position on unlimited time, you have to >>give a fixed time. >>3) xboard personality cant play rated games? >>4) cant resize chess boards (very sad). >>5) so far all the winboard engines that I have tried works with chessmaster >>other than crafty, dunno whats wrong (probabl my fault). >> >>I havent tried the patches yet, so dont know yet how many problems will be >>solved with the patches. >> >>questions. >> >>1) The king engine under winboard crippled to 2-3 depths, is it possible to >>resolve this problem? >> >>2) Is the winboard adapter of chessmaster as reliable as winboard as far as the >>performance of the engines are concerned, or is it crippled like running >>winboard engines under fritz6? >> >> >>thanks for any help, >>more questions will be coming up soon. ;) >> >> >>pavs > >The first thing to do is to DEFINITELY get the patch. Not only does it fix MANY >bugs, but it also adds/enhances a few features. THIS IS IMPERATIVE! > >To answer your problems: > >1) CM reads PGN files just fine, AFAIK. >2) If you want to analyze for an indefinite time, just set the time control to >Infinite, set both players to be human players, and check the "Chessmaster" >checkbox in the "Thinking Lines" window. This will allow you to see in-game >analysis on any position you want in the game for as long as you want to leave >it there. >3) Correct. There is no way for CM to know the rating of a Winboard engine. >However, this ability is going to be added in the next version of Chessmaster. >4) The only board that is resizeable (sp?) is the "Custom Board". All other >boards are of fixed size. >5) I would estimate that at least 90% of Winboard engines currently available >will (at a minimum) play chess properly in the CM GUI. Of course, many of them >will not support some of the more esoteric features of the program. Be sure to >read the CM8000 FAQ that is also on the website. You can get to it by going to >www.chessmaster.com/faqs8000.html. > >To answer your questions: > >1) This "problem" has been solved. But, to be honest, I can't remember where the >(somewhat complicated) directions can be found. Somebody else here will know, >though. > >2) The performance is perfectly reliable. The CM GUI treats all WB engines >identically, and The King is just another WB engine. > >jm Hi John, Someone must have mentioned this before, but I have the latest patch for CM8000(1.04 I believe), but CM never seems to Resign, or even ask for a Draw in obviously drawish positions. Every time Fritz or Hiarcs or other progs ask for a Draw to CM8000, The King replies "No draw. Play on" even when it is pretty much a draw anyway.
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