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Subject: Re: CM9 SKR Proving Its Superiority Over Genius 7 Settings

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 01:38:07 07/20/03

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On July 19, 2003 at 22:53:07, Dana Turnmire wrote:

>After 15 games Chessmaster SKR is winning with 7W 1L 7D. All games were played
>game 90 with ponder off. I was under no delusions that Genius 7 would beat what
>may be the top program in the world but I was hoping it would at least give a
>decent showing.  The settings which I used:  Selective Search 10, Heavy Pruning,
>Contempt 75 plays quite differently in several test suites but obviously didn't
>seem to do much against this particular personality of Chessmaster.  Even though
>Genius can no longer compete against the top programs I still like the layout
>and features of the Genius programs and hopefully Richard Lang will provide a
>significant upgrade. Whether he does or not different programs make computer
>chess interesting.


     Hi Dana
     Did you indeed expect more from Genius 7. I think you can take all
     other strong chess programs (ChessTiger15, Fritz8, Hiarcs8, Junior8,
     Shredder704) and Genius 7 will not be able to do better.
     Kurt




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