Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:20:58 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 16:15:01, pavel wrote: >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). Actually, the first CM that I was on "from the beginning" was CM6000, although I also had a brief hand in CM5500 (coming on late in the development to help fix bugs) and CM4000 "Turbo" (meaning the "multimedia" version, which was basically the original version with audio). >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. That would be a very accurate description of the intent of the program. jm
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