Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 12:44:45 06/18/02
I'd like to know a few things about Chessmaster, and in particular about Chessmaster 9000. First, who all works on Chessmaster, and what role does John Merlino take? I assumed he was the author of Chessmaster, but he mentioned Johan in another post, so apparently there is a team working on it? Second, (probably more directed at John) how do you think Chessmaster 9000 will compare to the other top commercial engines? It seems that in the past, TheKing has always been a step behind the top engines, and while still very strong, it never seemed to be on top. Of course it could be that I just never saw any tourament results where TheKing won over other top engines. In any case, the results that John has posted from CM9000 so far have been pretty impressive. It seems to find things that other engines do not, and it seems to find them very fast. I'm sure you aren't going to tell us exactly what you're doing, but what is the main contributer to the apparent increase in playing strength of the new CM9000? Extentions? Some new pruning method? Thanks, Russell
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