Author: Chris Carson
Date: 04:46:36 03/25/03
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On March 25, 2003 at 07:24:21, Frank Nelson wrote: >I accidently brought Chessmaster 8000 before I even knew there was a CM9000. >What is the rating of them both on a Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with ddr 256 ram >with 60 gig hard drive. The ram runs at about 333 mhz. I played Mateo a 25 10 >and won easily. It seems that CM knows how to lose to simple-minded nitwits like >myself. I hate playing in weekend swisses because in a 5 round tournament you >could be up 3.5 - .5 and be totally smashing in the last game. Your fortune will >change so fast because you will fall flat on your face and your oponent will >simply lay his foot down on you to claim victory. I had this happen to me on >several occasions and yes I know the "agony of defeat". Well as short stories go >on CCC you probably guess that I am more worry about playing chess rather than >worrying about the probability of losing which drives masters and experts crazy >when they play me. Some say I play like I am a #1 seed in the NCAA basketball >tournament. My play seem to emulate Karpov and Topalov. Especially since I have >studied over 1500 of their games on Chess Assistant 6. I hope this short article >is keeping you entertained so far as US Chess goes. > >me. Frank Nelson Take a look at the two links posted here (SSDF and GM vs comps): http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?290526 Short answer is on that HW, CM8K or CM9K will be 2600+, however, once you learn weakness, then match play will move in your favor. CMxK can be adjusted (book, personality, ...) to keep you interested. Enjoy.
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