Author: James T. Walker
Date: 21:46:31 11/02/03
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On November 02, 2003 at 23:12:18, Peter Skinner wrote: >On November 02, 2003 at 21:34:33, James T. Walker wrote: > >>The book controversey and TheKing engine simply amaze me. The SSDF is not >>testing Chessmaster 9000. They have chosen to test "TheKing" engine with the >>General.Ctg book/SKR settings. That's all they are testing and they are not >>making any claim that they are testing ChessMaster 9000. As long as they >>disclose this fact I don't see any problem. The rating achieved will be the >>rating of "TheKingSKR/General.ctg". Nothing more, nothing less. Where's the >>beef? > >From what I have read the beef seems to be that normally the SSDF tests an >engine out of the box. Where it uses it's own book. As The King is not a >ChessBase engine it should not be allowed to use their book. > >The simple thing to do would be to ask Mr.Koenig for a book that will work under >the Chessbase interface, or a version that will allow such to happen. > >That's my two cents. > >Peter. In this case testing the engine out of the box is not possible. Many people wanted the engine tested. SSDF decided to do it their way. If anyone wants it done different, they can do it themselves. If Mr. Koenig wanted ChessMaster tested he could have provided auto232 support. If all the complainers want it done manually so it can be done out of the box I will do it for a small fee. Say $50/hour (in advance). I know it's cheap but I'm retired already and don't really need a lot. Jim
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