Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:12:02 11/03/03
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On November 03, 2003 at 00:46:31, James T. Walker wrote:
>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
Sure. You can send the invoice to... Anybody can tell me what Johan address is?
:)
Christophe
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