Author: Mark Young
Date: 07:32:26 12/10/98
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On December 10, 1998 at 10:21:53, blass uri wrote: > >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 bottom >>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 > >I saw chessmaster sacrifice h2 pawn for the initiative against Junior5 in game 7 >of the match against it(There was no tactical winning line for chessmaster). > >chessmaster played 13.Bg5 in this game > >I do not understand why do yoy think that it gives more value to static >features. Why people want to make comments about Chessmaster without playing it, owning it, or testing it is beyond me. As far as I care Chessmaster can stay the best open secret in computer chess. And we don't have to talk about it at all. > >Uri
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