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Subject: Re: Variation Board a Joke

Author: Tina Long

Date: 20:05:30 02/11/02

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On February 11, 2002 at 21:57:13, Joseph Merolle wrote:

>WHat good is a variation board if you cant work with it from blacks perspective?
>Can someone also tell me why my engine kicks in when there are still moves in
>its tree? Is there a way to stop this or is this something good? It would be so
>nice  to get some feedback to often no one respons to posted messages.
>
>Thanks Joseph Merolle

What program are you talking about?  I am guessing you mean Chessmaster.

Concerning CM8k I brought up the unturnable variation board (in a "it would be
nice if" style - I find that brings better results than the "a joke" method) to
John Merlino when CM8k was new.  He accepted my comment as reasonable, but I
havn't checked to see if this is included in CM9k.

I found with CM8k that the weaker the "Personality" the sooner the engine "kicks
in when there are still moves in its tree".  I assumed this was part of the
weakening process.

I believe CM8k goes all the way to the end of the tree for the CM8k personality.

"is this something good" depends entirely on the strength of the book moves.  I
think it is reasonable to expect that the CM8k bookmoves are All good and were
selected by an, at least, Expert Player.

If you are not talking about CM8k I suggest you mention which program you are
discussing.

Regards
Tina



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