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Subject: Re: CM9000 and tournaments

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 22:12:08 11/14/02

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On November 13, 2002 at 15:28:51, John Merlino wrote:

>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

John,
Does this mean that it will not be easy to have this program tested by the ssdf?
S.Taylor



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