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Subject: Re: CM6000 Just Because it's Cheap, is Not Weak

Author: Vicente Fernández

Date: 20:30:14 12/03/98

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On December 03, 1998 at 23:05:35, Komputer Korner wrote:

>On December 03, 1998 at 21:45:06, Detlef Pordzik wrote:
>
>>On December 03, 1998 at 19:38:03, Komputer Korner wrote:
>>
>>>On December 03, 1998 at 19:13:41, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>>>
>>>>I get the impression that because CM6000 is very cheap to buy then people do not
>>>>consider it to be very strong.
>>>>
>>>>Well with the amount of money that the Chessmaster programs pull in, I think
>>>>that the guy who programs the kings engine would also be pulling in allot of
>>>>money, and thus would have the resources to make such a strong engine even
>>>>stronger.
>>>>
>>>>CM6000 is marketed for the mass public, and because it does not have an
>>>>autoplayer and cannot play against other programs unsupervised, that alot of
>>>>people dismiss CM6K and for that matter the versions before, because of the lack
>>>>of results against other programs.
>>>>
>>>>And I have already started to see that CM6K has been pulling in some very good
>>>>results in tournaments already, and all I hear, is "what a suprise". Anyone who
>>>>has been using Chessmaster since CM5000, knows that it is very strong.
>>>>
>>>>Well I hope CM6K does beat the other programs if anyone out there will play it
>>>>manually (too SSDF members), just to shut up people who keep making comments
>>>>that this cheap software program, which sells more than any other chess program
>>>>100 times over. Cannot be strong.
>>>>
>>>>And to Mindscape, put in a damn autoplayer so you can shut all these people up
>>>>and kick their sorry butt.
>>>
>>>
>>>No one has said that CM6000 is weak. In fact CM5500 will win the KK Kup 2.
>>>The latest engine King 3.0 recently won the strong Dutch computer championship
>>>probably the strongest national computer chess championship still going.
>>>The disadvantages with CM6000.001
>>>--
>>>Komputer Korner
>>
>>Where there's lots of light, there's lots of shadow, so to say, KK - ain't that
>>true ?
>>I heard them say, it took CB several versions from 1.1 to 7 - to become a really
>>great product......why not CM ?
>>Name me better and more compentent tutors than the ones of Christiansen,
>>Seirawan - 4 GM's, 3 IM's and a FIDE master, to say it once.
>>And I've been told - as I'm a little steady in this scene, that Larry Kaufmann
>>is still an expert on book composing -
>>talkin' bout the engine - no doubts, eh ?
>>And the 2 d boards ( the very 1st time....) and the database functions have
>>improved ALOT,
>>so, why not spot this - positive, once in a while, rahter than
>>
>>"are the lack of certain critical features and
>>>the many bugs in the tutorials."
>>
>>I feel this as kinda single sighted and missleading.
>>
>>c/u
>>
>>ELVIS
>
>You are right Elvis, as always. Read my latest review of it in the EN Passant
>magazine of the Chess Federation of Canada. They have a web site and will be
>glad to send you a copy of their magazine and they might even give it to you for
>free. (No promises though). In the review I detail the whole truth and nothing
>but the truth. I gave it a Komputer Korner Gold Medal for its value in features
>to non tournament players and for it’s engine strength  For the non-tournament
>player, it is a great bargain, no doubt about it.
>--
>Komputer Korner
With all my respects, I think Chessmaster 6000 is a great tool for everyone. No
exceptions.



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