Author: Chessfun
Date: 20:00:02 09/04/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 22:51:34, David Dory wrote: >1) After seeing all the great chess sets in CM9k I want to get some great >looking chess sets of my own. :) > >2) No auto232/DGT board support. True story: I'm playing a rated game, >40/40/40/40, CM9 vs. Fritz7, on twin Athlons 1900's. About 48 moves into the >game, I'm making a move with CM's mouse, and a little gnat flies into my left >eye. I drop the king on the wrong square. Oh shit! > >Of course, there are no take backs, it's a rated game. Fortunately, CM was >already ahead by + 4.34 or so, and had a won game. Although I haven't confirmed it yet for CM9K. In CM8K it was possible to autoplay simply by creating a new winboard engine and using winboard232c or d. Setting up the 2nd PC creating a match with the same time controls. In CM8K this only worked with one color set. So when creating a match of 10 games you'd get 5 CM whites and No cm blacks. Then you simply create another match this time with winboard232 being white first then you'd have 5 CM blacks. Sarah. >3) I wish CM9 had a way to give it's evaluation of a rated game. Not a PV, but >just an eval score for the current position, even in rated games. > >4) I wish CM9 had a "board sound" for move announcement, instead of that >infernal "error ding" of windows. Naturally, I'm going to locate that board >sound in the Fritz7 machine, and make it the default windows "error ding" ASAP. >After a couple games, those "error dings" can drive you - well, dingy. > >I know you can shut off all the sound, but I need something audible when manning >the twin athlons. > >5) I believe CM9 will prove somewhat weaker than Fritz7. So far each has won one >game as white, and lost one game as black. Fritz7 tries harder to get a knight >on a good post, and eventually, to cause CM9 to get a less favorable pawn >structure. CM9 gives Fritz7 fits because it is aggressive in the middlegame, and >Fritz7 just can't get the time to build up a better attack. > >This, from a player who can't beat either one of these programs, so take it with >a LARGE grain of salt. Just my opinion, and MUCH more testing needed here. > >6) After reading the CM manual, I hate the Fritz7 manual, even more. And I need >to review the Fritz manual, which just has the teeniest tiniest print fonts, on >the world's shiniest paper! > >7) Depending on which board you select, you may not be able to see the arrows >pointing to the most recent CM9 move, as well as I'd like. Black's arrow, on a >darker board, is somewhat camo'd. Fritz7's arrow is gaudy yellow, but always >very clearly visible. > >After viewing the credits, I see our guy John Merlino wears a lot of hats for >the CM9 product. We just gotta get him to insist on CM getting auto232/DGT board >support! > >I'll post up the games when I have some more. > >David
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