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Subject: Re: update your The King knowledge

Author: Axel Schumacher

Date: 12:04:54 10/22/03

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On October 22, 2003 at 13:37:16, Geoff Lane wrote:

>On October 22, 2003 at 13:01:08, Mike S. wrote:
>
>>** There are custom personality settings, which are much stronger than the
>>CM8000/CM9000 defaults, for The King 3.12 and The King 3.23. **
>
>Some of these custom settings may well be stronger than The King 3.23 if played
>in the Fritz GUI. The sel=12 setting seems to make the most difference. However,
>what everyone may not be aware of is that although The King 3.23 plays with a
>sel=6 setting in the Fritz GUI, in it's own GUI it plays with a sel=9 default
>setting. This is because the engine sets sel=6 but the CM9000 GUI sets sel=9.
>Therefore, for the King to play as default in the Fritz GUI it should be given
>the setting sel=9.
>
>I wonder if there is such a big differnce between some of these custom
>personalities and the King playing with the real default of sel=9.

Yes, at least 100 Elos (however, tested only for Blitz).

Here an excerpt of my ratinglist (homepage not yet updated):
224	Chessmaster 8000		2563	826
161	CM9000		2613	167

120	CM 6666		2632	158
121	CM 8125		2650	133
122	CM 8777v4		2600	190
123	CM 8889		2618	144
124	CM Ace		2570	103
125	CM Botwinnik		2586	204
126	CM Brain		2608	184
127	CM Ellwein		2598	61
128	CM Elrey		2640	244
129	CM Feigling		2083	16
130	CM Fischer		2589	86
131	CM Fortress		2570	136
132	CM Grailmaster1		2595	25
133	CM Grailmaster2		2667	762
134	CM Grailmaster3		2636	131
135	CM Jodocus Kwak		2516	102
136	CM KKND		2619	62
137	CM Kicman		2640	144
138	CM King		2620	120
139	CM Kiwi2		2631	129
140	CM Legend		2654	236
141	CM Ming		2599	93
142	CM NextAS		2618	222
143	CM Octopus		2582	125
144	CM Omega		2602	136
145	CM Pillager		2649	90
146	CM Pillen		2620	233
147	CM Schüle		2599	117
148	CM Surak 7.0		2599	54
149	CM Surak1		2479	25
150	CM Surak2		2621	163
151	CM Surak3		2658	388
152	CM Surak4		2574	18
153	CM Surak5		2642	141
154	CM Tato		2645	296
155	CM Titan		2654	292
156	CM Trojan		2616	87
157	CM Utz10n		2657	342
158	CM Utzinger		2570	133
159	CM White		2545	59
160	CM Xiej		2592	101
162	CM9000 AntiCM		2695	372
163	CM9000 Brain2.1		2608	79
164	CM9000 Dimitris		2655	64
165	CM9000 EN		2701	155
166	CM9000 G-Blitz1		2576	25
167	CM9000 G-Blitz2		2532	19
168	CM9000 G-Blitz3		2609	24
169	CM9000 G-Blitz4		2472	24
170	CM9000 G-Blitz5		2631	51
171	CM9000 G-Blitz6		2653	156
172	CM9000 G-Blitz7		2625	37
173	CM9000 G-Blitz8		2633	142
174	CM9000 Grailmaster2		2672	486
175	CM9000 Grailmaster4		2685	125
176	CM9000 Grailmaster6		2687	197
177	CM9000 Grailmaster7		2726	683          !! #1
178	CM9000 Grailmaster8		2698	121
179	CM9000 Ivanchuk		2529	74
180	CM9000 J		2671	72
181	CM9000 JEB1581		2628	94
182	CM9000 M2v.5		2719	387            !! #2
183	CM9000 MCx		2680	112
184	CM9000 MM		2683	124
185	CM9000 Milan		2603	114
186	CM9000 Milan1		2598	18
187	CM9000 Milan2		2658	236
188	CM9000 Milan2+		2660	160
189	CM9000 Milan2+b		2658	191
190	CM9000 Milan3		2579	25
191	CM9000 Odessa		2629	68
192	CM9000 Pillen		2641	83
193	CM9000 SKR		2670	220
194	CM9000 Sedat		2691	454
195	CM9000 Surak3		2638	170
196	CM9000 Tato1		2635	119
197	CM9000 Tato2		2691	480
198	CM9000 Torc		2648	183
199	CM9000 U-Blitz		2552	32
200	CM9000 Utz12n		2645	258
201	CM9000 Utz12p		2678	158
202	CM9000 WH		2680	118
203	CM9000 WHx		2680	250
204	CM9000_modified		2695	138 (only sel is changed)
205	CMFun		2588	120
206	CM_8777v1		2608	157
207	CM_MG1		2619	108
208	CM_MG2		2613	68




>
>Geoff
>
>>
>>I know this is no news at all :-)) but it seems there are not so few people, who
>>either didn't know it yet, or still can't believe it yet, or somehow (??)managed
>>to ignore it although there were a lot of postings about it.
>>
>>(not talking of newbies of course)
>>
>>It nearly seems as if this knowledge of stronger CM settings becomes some kind
>>of secret wisdom :-) although everything was completely public, including many
>>of these settings, results, games etc.
>>
>>For only for a few basics, read (and follow the links in):
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?322831
>>
>>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?323033
>>
>>Regards,
>>M.Scheidl



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