Author: John Merlino
Date: 08:43:47 09/05/02
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On September 04, 2002 at 22:19:09, Mike Byrne wrote: >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 ;>) Shouldn't take TOO long, with any luck. :-) >Also , is it a new book? (new format?) and are the old book format still valid? The opening book format is new, as are the CM book and all of the books for the GM personalities. However, all of the old books are still valid. jm
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