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Subject: Re: Help! Unidentified Chessmaster8000 settings.

Author: Odd Gunnar Malin

Date: 06:41:08 06/29/02

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On June 29, 2002 at 05:24:28, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 29, 2002 at 03:53:03, George Sobala wrote:
>
>>I am currently using the following variant of Chessmaster8000 in a tournament -
>>but I have forgotten who invented it i.e. precisely which variant it is. Can you
>>identify it?
>>
>>Opponents Pawn (opp)=cm_parm opp=%i|spin|117|0|4500
>>Opponents Knight (opn)=cm_parm opn=%i|spin|113|0|1500
>>Opponents Bishop (opb)=cm_parm opb=%i|spin|117|0|1500
>>Opponents Rook (opr)=cm_parm opr=%i|spin|115|0|900
>>Opponents Queen (opq)=cm_parm opq=%i|spin|117|0|498
>>Kings Pawn (myp)=cm_parm myp=%i|spin|117|0|4500
>>Kings Knight (myn)=cm_parm myn=%i|spin|113|0|1500
>>Kings Bishop (myb)=cm_parm myb=%i|spin|117|0|1500
>>Kings Rook (myr)=cm_parm myr=%i|spin|115|0|900
>>Kings Queen (myq)=cm_parm myq=%i|spin|117|0|498
>>Centre Control (cc)=cm_parm cc=%i|spin|102|0|600
>>Mobility (mob)=cm_parm mob=%i|spin|120|0|600
>>King Safety (ks)=cm_parm ks=%i|spin|130|0|600
>>Passed Pawn (pp)=cm_parm pp=%i|spin|102|0|600
>>Pawn Weakness (pw)=cm_parm pw=%i|spin|120|0|600
>>Contempt (cfd)=cm_parm cfd=%i|spin|0|-500|500
>>Strength (sop)=cm_parm sop=%i|spin|100|0|100
>>Attack Defend (avd)=cm_parm avd=%i|spin|-9|-100|100
>>Randomness (rnd)=cm_parm rnd=%i|spin|0|0|100
>>Selective Search (sel)=cm_parm sel=%i|spin|12|0|12
>>Max Depth (md)=cm_parm md=%i|spin|99|0|999
>
>
>Is nothing wrong with these settings? A value of 498 for Queens and 900 for
>Rooks?
>Kurt

Hi.
His list is from use by the wb2uci adapter the let you adjust the values from
inside the gui. The three last number in each lines means:
<default>|<minimum>|<maximum>

So in his pawn line:
Opponents Pawn (opp)=cm_parm opp=%i|spin|117|0|4500
he use a setting of 117 as default
and in the queenline:
Opponents Queen (opq)=cm_parm opq=%i|spin|117|0|498
the value is also 117 as default

I don't think this would work with Fritz since the gui don't send default
values. If you use it like this you have to use The original King values as
default values, eg. don't edit the proposed setting for The King in the ini file
but use it as it is.
For making personalities you have to use the method proposed by Fritz help file,
just like you would with any uci or native engine. Then Fritz would send these
new settings to the engine/adapter.

The other method I mention in the readme file is a lot easier to use and
exchange setting when you use fixed settings. Eg. save all settings in separate
files and only have the line for selecting settingfiles in the ini file.

I use this method when I want to play against one of CM's personality in a real
game (DGT-board + Shredder + TheKing).

Odd Gunnar



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