Author: John Merlino
Date: 22:00:34 07/10/03
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On July 11, 2003 at 00:31:20, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 10, 2003 at 16:53:23, John Merlino wrote: > >>On July 10, 2003 at 16:43:35, George Tsavdaris wrote: >> >>>On July 10, 2003 at 16:03:12, John Merlino wrote: >>> >>>>On July 10, 2003 at 15:53:10, Steve Maughan wrote: >>>> >>>>>John, >>>>> >>>>>>>So who are the member of the original ChessMaster team? Maybe John Merlino >>>>>>>knows? >>>>>> >>>>>>Sure I would know, since I'm one of them.... :-) >>>>> >>>>>Interesting!!! So you are involved with the Majestic Chess project? So what is >>>>>the engine in this product? >>>>> >>>>>Regards, >>>>> >>>>>Steve >>>> >>>>Yes, I am one of several ex-Chessmaster developers involved in this product. >>>> >>>>The engine is by David Kittinger, the programmer of the engine in the original >>>>Chessmaster. >>>> >>>I thought that the engine in the original Chessmaster was The King. I suppose >>>you know the strength of this engine. Do you believe (honestly) is at the same >>>level with the todays top engines (F8/S7.04/TK323/J8/CT8/R12...) or lower? >> >>No, Kittinger's engine was in Chessmaster 2000 and 2100 (and I think it was even >>in CM3000). >> >>Honestly, I haven't done much testing with Kittinger's engine, and the only >>testing I have done is against Chessmaster personalities of various types (since >>Majestic Chess is shipping with 32 different personalities). >> >>However, I think I can safely say that the rating of Kittinger's new engine is >>about 100-150 points lower than that of The King, when both engines are at their >>top levels, and ONLY at blitz time controls. I have done no testing at a time >>control faster than Fischer 5/3. > >Will we be able to finagle this engine into Winboard like "TheKing" engine? Maybe? I honestly do not know.... jm
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