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Subject: Re: Mainly to John Merlino about Majestic Chess

Author: John Merlino

Date: 21:53:12 09/20/03

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On September 19, 2003 at 12:41:24, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Dear john:
>I have spotted certain flaws that could be -easily?- fixed. First of them is the
>function to change levels of plays. It is not evident how to do it and then the
>letter and numbers to change are too much little. Bothersome.

The method of changing the personalities, time controls, human/computer for
side, etc., is all explained in the manual. But, yes, I agree with you that the
font is probably a bit smaller than it needs to be.

> Second, the lack
>of adequate hash table room. It comes to being noticed in endings, where quality
>of play come down very fast. Probably also not good enough programming there.

I will notify the development team and they will discuss it with Kittinger.

>Third, I miss a chance to put all gui at its simplest. Less cartoons, more power
>for the engine. I love cartoons, but sometimes I want to fight against a 100%
>strong opponent.

You can maximize the amount of CPU that the engine is getting by minimizing all
windows and switching to a 2D board.

>More to come.
>My record until now: two defeats, two draws. So Elo of Majestic cannot be 2500,
>but probably circa 2400.

You may be right in that estimate, but of course, with only four games, the
engine could be anywhere between 2200 and 2600! At least it hasn't lost yet!

jm



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