Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 17:43:10 02/12/02
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On February 11, 2002 at 23:13:22, John Merlino wrote: >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 I apologize I am working with F7. Joseph Merolle
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