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Subject: Re: WP Settings

Author: Mark Young

Date: 15:11:07 09/27/98

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On September 27, 1998 at 13:36:43, Ralph E. Carter wrote:

>>Posted by Mark Young on September 23, 1998 at 09:08:01:
>
>>Chessmaster 6000 using Walter-Pilz settings (settings: Att./Def -4, Select. 10,
>>Mat. Pos. 4, Mob. 103, King saf. 170, Pawn weakness 125, Queen 10, Rook 5.5,
>>Bishop 3.5, Knight 3.3)
>
>By watching it on autoplay, it is easy to see the effect of this change in
>the king safety term, for the better.
>
>The "Attack/Defend" setting is misnamed: it actually sets its willingness
>to exchange pieces, with positive settings avoiding exchanges. Based on its
>play against ME, I think this should be set more positive than -4, to make
>it harder to survive the middlegame.
>
>Also, I think the draw contempt factor should be greater than zero.

I think there are better settings. I chose the Walter-Pilz settings because it
has a proven track record in CM5500. And the setting are known to most people.



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