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Subject: Re: Arguments about CM6000 sometimes pointless.

Author: Ralph E. Carter

Date: 08:25:01 12/05/98

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On December 05, 1998 at 10:53:24, Matthew Herman wrote:

>Recently there has been alot of discussion about CM6000 and whether it is good
>for a strong player etc.. What I have seen from this discussion is that there
>are some overlooked features maybe in CM6k that I am not seeing. Reynolds takata
>said something about using Cm6k to prepare for an opponent.. I have no idea how
>to do what he said in CM6k (I have cm5k-cm6k and fritz5) I am completely
>confused with the database functions.. YES its engine is VERY STRONG. But the
>database functions (very important stuff in my opinion) are practically nil
>(though much improved). One nice training feature (the ability to create books
>to prepare for an opponent or an opening in Fritz.) is not in CM6k. Also THERE
>IS NO SUPPORT FOR VARIATIONS in cm6k .. something this simple is overlooked. If
>CM or whoever owns "The King 3.0" would be able to have it be used as an
>analysis engine inside CM6k where you can have it while you look at a game that
>would be a VERY improved feature.. To put text commentary in the game and then
>port it to pgn doesn't work. This is unconvenient. I want to know WHAT you can
>do with the ENGINE if you can't analyse as well.. there are no variaitons
>supported etc.. except play a game vs the program.??? If I want a strong
>opponent I'll just fire up Crafty and play against in on winboard. Please shed
>light on how I can get more out of cm6k.

Since I already have database and repertoire management tools, I am free to
enjoy a program for the engine alone. I like to close as many windows as
possible, and just play chess.
By the way, Fritz 5 is one of these tools.



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