Author: Harald Faber
Date: 07:10:12 12/10/98
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On December 10, 1998 at 10:00:16, Laurence Chen wrote: >It seems to me that there are a lot of Chessmaster lovers and supporters in this >BB, or that seems to be my impression here, that all other programs are less >often talked about. There seems to be a lot of commotion about the CM engine to >be the strongest of all engines available today. My point is what good is to >have a top engine if all other features to help a chessplayer to develop into a >better player are missing. It is not enough to just play against the engine >itself. These missing features having being pointed out by KK, so I won't repeat >here. Go and read his review. Although CM is cheaper than other professinal >engines available, it's lack of feature makes it less desirable for a >chessplayer who wants to improve and move further in the chess arena. The Depends on what you want and need. If you want to have analyzed some of your games then I'll suggest Fritz. If you want deeper strategical analysis use MCP or Hiarcs. E.g. >line is you get what you pay for. I said the CM is not aggressive, it is true, >if one looks closer and investigate the playing style of the engine it resembles >a style which plays classical chess, CM likes to accumulate small advantages, it >doesn't force the its own will on the position, that is, does not go for >complications, its assessment is the type of classical school of thought, gives >more value to static features on the position rather than looking for the >dynamic possibilities that the position may present, Fritz and MCP 8 play for >complications and gives more value in its evaluation to unbalanced positions. I I don't know what you are talking about, sounds like Genius. CM plays accurate against the opponent's king and fights for initiative. At least with my settings. :-) Honestly I think you don't own CM6k nor have CM5X00. >I think that Hiarcs 7 will be a stronger engine than CM. Not more than 10-20 points which is as much as nothing. >Enough said, my guess is that CM lovers like to watch their CM >play games against other engines rather than use an engine with features which >can help a chessplayer to improve. Hiarcs doesn't offer more possibilities than Chessmaster. Rebel does and Fritz/Junior do.
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