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Subject: Re: Very Easy Why Some People Hate Chessmaster

Author: Bert Seifriz

Date: 09:57:43 12/13/98

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On December 13, 1998 at 07:23:43, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>
>On December 13, 1998 at 07:14:21, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On December 13, 1998 at 05:01:48, Bert Seifriz wrote:
>>
>>>On December 12, 1998 at 19:09:51, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 12, 1998 at 18:47:42, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>On December 12, 1998 at 16:38:29, Bert Seifriz wrote:
>>>>>
>>How do you know?
>>Did you do this test?
>>
>>I think that you take the name of the engine too seriously.
>>
>>By the same logic you can say that chessmaster is only a master level and not an
>>international master or grandmaster otherwise they would call it chess
>>grandmaster.
>>
>>I think that only games are relevant
>>
>>The history proves that you can learn nothing from the name of the engine(for
>>example Junior5 is clearly better than Junior4.6 when there is a little
>>difference between Genius5 and Genius3).
>>
>>Uri
>
>I fully agree, and still cannot understand the logic behind your thinking on
>this, how much do you have to go up in numbers to make the program jump a level
>up too.
>

I think I have explained it long enough now. Keep your different
opinion, I keep mine.


>Bert you are from Gambitsoft, can you tell me why CM6000 is under the master
>list and not the grandmaster list. Or do you still regard CM6000 as the old weak
>2000, 3000, 4000 engines.


Just exactly because of only small engine changes in previous versions!
(Mr de Konings KING started with version 4000 already
and that was the first strong Chessmaster!)

>I believe CM6000 is better than a few listed in you grandmaster list and
>stronger.
>And if you say it is not a program a grandmaster or a tournament player would
>use, then go back in the posts and read all the people including me who have
>debated this. It should be under Grandmaster program not master. It deserves
>more than what you rate it

Possibly, possibly not. But we do not rate any programs. It is written
clearly on that page. Bert



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