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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