Author: pavel
Date: 13:15:01 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 15:44:45, Russell Reagan wrote: >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 I am not part of the CM team but I will try to answer your questions. John Merlino works on the Chessmaster GUI since Chessmaster 7000 (I am not sure though). Johan is the author of the "engine" Chessmaster, aka. "The King". So you may call them a team. Chessmaster is always a good endgames player, and without doubt one of the strongest program out there. But I believe the target of the Chessmaster team is not to make the strongest program in the world, but to give a complete chess system that will please the customers that will enjoy playing with. In that effect Chessbase is mainly directed to serious players. Chessmaster is good enough to beat 99.99% players of the world (so is most strong programs). Chessmaster is not perhaps as strong as Fritz7, CT 14, Junior7 & Hiarcs8 but its not very far behind either. cheers, pavs
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