Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 11:30:42 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 14:26:38, John Merlino wrote: >I think you may be making a generalization here. You may be right about Fritz >(and others I may be unaware of). But The King engine in CM9000 actually >searches a tiny bit SLOWER in terms of NPS than the engine in CM8000, and yet >independent tests (mostly by users on this board) have shown it to be anywhere >from 30-100 points stronger than the previous version, thanks to improvements in >the EVALUATION (or, to use your term, quality). > >jm i bought cm4,6, and 8000. i did not buy cm9000 so far. the odd numbers seem to be problematic for me :-)) it might be that it is slower and better. my point was that the programs should IMO learn to develop a plan, to create a thesis instead of doing SEARCH and NPS. i will wait until ssdf has tested CM9000 and THEN decide to buy it or not. It was not my intention to call all programs going backwards. Only that i have the feeling that the competition with fritz is not making the programs much more cleverer.
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