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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 Serious Question

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 08:17:12 09/09/02

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On September 09, 2002 at 09:41:09, Dana Turnmire wrote:

>When Chessmaster 8000 first came out there were quite a few posts on it but
>after a period of time they tapered off as it seems to be the case with any new
>version of chess software.  I'm sure the same will be true with CM9000.
>
>The question is in CM8000 there was a problem with two engines running at the
>same time slowing down each other and hurting the playing strength.  Even the
>SSDF team was confused about the settings and had to restart their testing
>because of this.  I don't remember the details but when running a tournament
>between two personalities with the thinking lines open in CM9000 I notice that
>both engines are analyzing at the same time.  Any possibility one engine could
>be using the CPU slowing the other engine down?
>
>Sorry if it is a dumb question.

I think if you check the settings of these two personalities, you'll probably
see that they ponder by default.
Regards
Dave



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