Author: Mark Young
Date: 03:15:44 09/25/98
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On September 25, 1998 at 02:59:07, Les Walker wrote: >On September 25, 1998 at 01:25:44, Mark Young wrote: > >>On September 25, 1998 at 01:02:47, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>I wonder, if de Koning isn't familiar with these settings? They should be >>>default in Chessmaster! >>> >>>Jouni >>I don't have a clue why they setup the default settings the way they do. Just >>setting SS=10 makes a big differece. I have not found any disadvantages to doing >>this, in either playing humans or other computers. Most people that had CM5K and >>up that I talk to agree. I knew CM5000 and CM5500 showed marked improvement with >>the WP setting. I was not sure about CM6000, but it seem to work much better >>here also. >> >>Some People joked that de Koning would improve CM6000 by using CM5500 with the >>WP settings. :) But it does not seem to be the case. > >I recall seeing the WP setting listed somewhere in a past post, but am unable to >find it. Would either of you gentlemen please post the WP settings for >Chessmaster series? To your knowledge, have Chessmaster's settings ever been >discussed with de Koning? I find it difficlt to believe he has *never* heard of >these more optimal settings. > I posted the WP setting at the start of the thread. If you have trouble understanding it I will explain. I do not know if better setting have been discussed with de Koning. My guess is yes, that he does know about the better setting. >I am speculating here, but I am wondering if the goal, in the default settings, >are deliberate to add flexibility to the program for the end user. From the >position as an end user, I have found it most rewarding to achieve a more >optimal setting by tweaking these ajustments. It is like a chess engine >construction set for the non-programmers :-). If the Chessmaster personality >were the utimate settings, what challenge could you aim for to personalize it. >Also, I think Mindscape has a very broad market, in mind, with the Chessmaster >series. > >Best Regards, > >Les W.
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