Author: John Robertson
Date: 06:09:45 09/30/01
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On September 30, 2001 at 06:59:54, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Has anybody created a CM8-setting [or TheKing-setting under CB-GUI or >Shredder5-GUI] and played under the following conditions: > >- no matches between different CM8-personalities >- number of played games 120-200, the more the better >- at time control 40/40' or higher >- with a total score of 50 percent or higher against all top programs >- having lost not one single match vs a given program > >If so, please let us know in CCC and mail your settings to kut@freesurf.ch so I >can test these settings too. > >Frankly spoken, I have played many hundred of games with TheKing or CM8 with >different settings and real good results, but each setting knows a dreaded >opponent. So I am still looking for the best allover setting. Maybe, there are >some people who have made even better experience than myself and this would of >course be of interest to all CM8-fans. > >Kind regards >Kurt While this is an interesting endeavor, I don't believe that personalities can substantially increase the overall playing strength of Chessmaster. The differences are probably + or - 100 Elo rating points one way or the other, and they will be difficult to determine exactly via matches of less than 500 games. That's not to say that I don't use a personality. I do. Primarily I believe it is possible to indicate that a Bishop is worth a bit more than a Knight, and that pawns are worth a bit less than the usual evaluation. However this may be moot because reliable studies have shown that Chessmaster is significantly weaker than various other chess software that is readily available, so I seldom use it anymore. Also the interface is more oriented towards a children's game than something designed for the serious chess player/analyst. JR
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