Author: James T. Walker
Date: 15:17:50 12/08/98
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On December 08, 1998 at 15:50:56, blass uri wrote: > >On December 08, 1998 at 15:17:34, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>I am getting pretty tired of hearing all the praises for CM 6000 engine. And the >>fact it is beating Junior 5 does not prove to be a superior engine. I believe >>that the test which James Walker is a little biased towards CM, Junior is being >>handicapped by having the FS mode turned on, which the default setting for >>Junior would have it off. > > > > >I do not understand what do you mean by FS mode turned on. >I thought that he used the default setting for Junior5. > > > > > > We all want a strong chess engine, no doubt, but chess >>engine gets stronger with each new release, and there are plans for a new Fritz >>6 sometime next year, and who knows what other new engines are being improved >>with each passing year. Millenium is coming out soon, the Chess Genius family. I >>don't like CM engine family because of its style or personality of playing. I >>prefer a more agressive chess engine which would creates problems than a engine >>which plays the board and not the man. I believe that Fritz/Junior has the >>ability to "bluff", that is borrowing a poker term, these two engines have the >>ability to create situations where it can have some psychological impact on the >>human opponent. > >I think that Junior5 plays the board and does not play the opponent. > >It did a short draw against comet32(p90) in the ssdf games exactly because of >this reason. > >Uri >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello, After reading the post by Laurence Chen I went back to start Junior 5.0 to see if I could figure out what the "FS" mode is that is supposed to be turned on. I believe he is referring to the "Favor Sacrifices" in the engine settings. The default is off and I have NEVER had it on. When you see Junior sacrificing a piece it's usually late in the game after the "Mate in X" announcements and Junior is just delaying the mate as long as possible. It might be interesting to see what would happen if it were turned on though. Also if Mr. Chen thinks Chessmaster does not attack very well he should go back and look at the first game I played with Junior 5 vs CM6K. It was a warm up game at game/30 which CM6K won in 29 moves I believe (The shortest game so far). Junior is a very capable program and finding strong attacking lines against it is not easy as with all the top programs. Also if CM6K is good at defending itself that's a plus not a negative. Junior 5 is still my favorite program because I think it does take more chances than most progams I have. The problem is, against CM6K so far ChessMaster has had all the answers. Look at the games and try to point out a weakness in Chessmaster's play(Positional or tactical). It's not easy for this old boy. How about you ? Jim Walker
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