Author: Chessfun
Date: 20:22:04 09/04/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 23:00:02, Chessfun wrote: >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. I now confirm the above works, I do recall a problem sometimes with it queening but we'll see. Currently using Winboard232d with -noextend as a command parameter it does work as I'm autoplaying this minute test games at 5/3 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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