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Subject: Re: CM9000 and tournaments

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:28:51 11/13/02

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On November 13, 2002 at 14:52:17, Robert Stokkvik wrote:

>Hi, I'm new to Chessmaster and my playing skills are not very good. However, I
>enjoy playing sometimes so I bought CM9000 (never owned an advanced
>chess-program on PC before). Well, I have created a rated tournament of 32
>players (opponents 700-1400). Since I need some thinking before moving, I've set
>time to 90 min for each player. This to ensure enough time to think when I feel
>the heat. I've run out of time on a few occasions when I've set the clock to 30
>min or even 45 min. That happens when I meet a good player of 1100+. That is a
>good computer player for me ;). Anyway, to get to my point. The games between
>the CPU are really annoying. Do I have to watch those games also or is there a
>way to speed things up? Like a "simulate" button, where the outcome is
>determined within a few seconds based on CPU players skills? My tournament will
>take ages to finish with the "Auto" button.

Simulated comp vs. comp games in tournaments are yet another item that we
planned for the patch that will not be made available.

Sorry about that,

jm



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