Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:19:09 09/04/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 16:33:11, John Merlino wrote: >On September 04, 2002 at 15:00:20, Rick Terry wrote: > >>Hi >> >> On my list of things important in a Chess Program, first is strength! Is cm9000 >>noticeably stronger then cm8000? what type of tablebases does the program have? >>has the endgame been improved greatly over previous versions who's endgames were >>relattively weak. Do personalities in Cm play like the ratings that are assigned >>to them? Lastly does anyone have the Url for CM9000? > >To answer your questions.... > >1. Define "noticeably stronger". All I can say is that the development team >believes that it is, at minimum, 30-50 points stronger than the previous >version. Other than that.... Which means unless you're rated >2500 - you probably will never noticed the difference - old and new will both clock you. btw, JM, I was so impressed with some of your test positions posted, I ordered CM9K from Amamzon.com. Free shipping and if you live on the east coast, it is shipped from DE. Should be only a day or two to PA. My main objective will be to run Crafty 17.16 against it until it wins at tournament time controls and then post the winning game here on ccc. I just hope it doesn't take too many games ;>) Also , is it a new book? (new format?) and are the old book format still valid? Thanks, Mike > >2. It uses the de Koning EGTB format, and comes with all 3 and 4-man files, plus >a few of the most important 5-man files. > >3. Some tests posted here have shown general improvements from the previous >version, including endgame knowledge. > >4. The ratings themselves are mathematically accurate, and were calculated by >more than 15,000 games, about 3,000 of which were against USCF rated humans. >Whether the personalities play like humans of the same strength completely >depends on the personality settings. > >5. www.chessmaster.com > >jm
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