Author: Harald Faber
Date: 00:56:48 03/18/04
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On March 17, 2004 at 12:35:08, John Merlino wrote: >On March 17, 2004 at 06:58:15, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On March 17, 2004 at 04:21:06, Graham Banks wrote: >> >>>As Kurt and other CM devotees are aware, I did extensive work on devising CM8000 >>>settings, many of which are on Surak's website (my most successful being the >>>early CM Titan and the later CM Legend settings). >>>Inspired again by the experimentation of others in getting better results than >>>the default settings for CM9000, I will unveil CM9000 (The Judge) in my upcoming >>>Super Tournament II. >>>I'm looking forward to seeing how CM9000 performs with these new settings, >>>having been a little disappointed with the default settings. >> >> >>Sorry I am only kidding with CM 9000 WCH (World Champion) settings. >>Aren't you getting tired creating new settings which seem to be better than the >>original ones and/or the thousand different settings posted by other CM >>enthusiasts - and finally are NOT? > >It's really a question of how you decide if these custom settings are "better" >or not. Under the parameters of the tests (which typically involve a specific >time control on specific hardware), almost invariably the custom settings >perform better than the default. I don't think people would be posting their >results if they were not noticeably better than the default under the same >situation. > >But, most of the time, these new settings perform no better than (or sometimes >even worse) than the default settings on significantly different hardware with >significantly different time controls (tournament vs. blitz, for example). So >that is why most of these new settings come with caveats that make it clear that >the settings are only for certain situations. > >The default settings are designed to be as good as possible for the hugely >divergent hardware and gaming requirements of the hundreds of thousands of >Chessmaster users. Obviously, then, there must be some way to make minor (or >even significant) improvements if all you are concerned about is maximizing the >strength of the engine on YOUR computer and with YOUR favorite time control. > >jm John, I don't want to question the original settings but the dozens computer chess "experts", adjusting some of the King's parameters, doing some (partly dubious) tests, getting good results and letting the world know of their sensational discovery. This is annoying because in 99% those new sensational settings finally (after more tests/games) are not really stronger. Go count the special CM 9000 settings. They all claim to be strongest. None of them really is. :-) This is funny but also tiring and annoying. Maybe we should start a poll? Vote the settings of the week!? ;)
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