Author: John Merlino
Date: 20:13:22 02/11/02
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On February 11, 2002 at 23:05:30, Tina Long wrote: >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 Several comments: 1) Is he really talking about Chessmaster? 2) [ignorant question] What is a "variation board"? Is this another name for the "Visual Thinking" window that I've never heard used before? 3) The moves in CM8000.OBK were mostly entered by hand, mostly by copying MCO. The rest were added from a PGN file of GM games (in the same way that users can now do in CM8000). However, if there are still moves "in the tree" (i.e. subsequent moves in the current line) that aren't getting played, then it is because they have a zero priority. 4) No, it hasn't YET been included in CM9000. Not sure if it IS going to be included either.... I'll know for sure by Beta. jm
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