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Subject: Sympathy for the SSDF

Author: Thomas Logan

Date: 15:46:02 11/02/03

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The SSDF can't seem to win.

They are faulted for not testing CM

and faulted for testing CM

That aside however I believe Mogens Larsen
is correct

He stated

My solution is bullying Johan until he makes a version capable of using
>Chessmaster books outside the CM GUI :-). Petition anyone? ;-)

But lets not bully anyone but instead request CM author Johan provide the
means necessary to test cm

The opinion of a new poster without an axe to grind

Tom









On November 01, 2003 at 09:44:39, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On November 01, 2003 at 09:29:56, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>Just to add my two cents into the discussion, why can't one create his own book
>>under ChessBase GIU? I indeed find it somewhat problematic that CM9000 is being
>>tested using general.ctg, but why not create a cm9000.ctg book?
>>
>>For my program I have created my book that way, falcon.ctg, under ChessBase GIU.
>>And intend to use it in Graz WCCC. Any problems with that?
>
>The first problem is who should create that book and who should validate it? I
>suppose it is feasible to construct something that the author would approve.
>
>The second problem is the performance of such a book. If it does well, people
>will complain that it is better than the original Chessmaster book. If it does
>poorly, people will complain that the original Chessmaster book is better. In
>short that it isn't a faithful test of the product in question. Especially since
>Chessmaster owners cannot download and use the book.
>
>My solution is bullying Johan until he makes a version capable of using
>Chessmaster books outside the CM GUI :-). Petition anyone? ;-)
>
>Regards,
>Mogens



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