Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:57:18 09/21/02
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On September 21, 2002 at 14:47:39, John Merlino wrote: >On September 21, 2002 at 14:37:04, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>On September 21, 2002 at 14:20:52, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On September 21, 2002 at 14:08:33, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>Are you certain that endgame databases were not used in the Fritz GUI in the >>>second position? That is the only way that The King could "find the solution at >>>once announcing mate". >>> >>>Otherwise, there is no reason to believe that The King would perform >>>significantly better in the Fritz GUI than in the CM GUI, with the possible >>>exception that the CM GUI might take a few more % (no more than 2 or 3 at most) >>>of the CPU, depending on what windows you have open. >>> >>>I don't have Fritz, so I cannot make a comparison. However, if YOU have CM8000 >>>as well as CM9000, then go ahead and try The King v3.23 inside the CM8000 GUI >>>and see if the results are better than in the CM9000 GUI. I would bet that they >>>will not be. >>> >>>jm >> >>The endgame databases were of course used in both cases (CM9-GUI and Frit7-GUI) >>but since CM9 cannot access the Nalimov tablebases under Fritz7-GUI I am indeed >>wondering about such differences. >>Kurt > >So, you have a complete set of EGDBs for Chessmaster? Well done! > >Well, either way, as has been posted here before, The King does not use the >EGDBs deep in the search, nor does the Mentor Lines window use them. > >If you have a complete set of EGDBs, and the position is down to five pieces or >less, you can get the results from the EGDBs by either opening the "Coach" >window, or just letting the Chessmaster personality (or any personality that has >been given access to the EGDBs) play the game out to the end. > >jm No chance for Chessmaster 8000 under its own GUI to find 1.Kg2. And to your question: I do not have the complete set of the EGDB's, only the ones delivered with Chessmaster 9000. But it's nevertheless funny that under Fritz7-GUI the engine (TheKing 3.23) finds the solution at once. I have carefully looked but no hard disk lamp was flickering, not for a single moment, which is the case if I use another engine like Hiarcs8 or Yace 0.99.56. This all is a mystery to me. Kurt
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