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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 6000 Plays alot like Mikhail Tal! Yeah..Whatever..

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 14:31:26 06/18/04

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On June 18, 2004 at 17:01:35, mike tubbs wrote:

>On June 18, 2004 at 16:18:12, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>On June 18, 2004 at 14:35:48, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On June 18, 2004 at 14:31:56, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 18, 2004 at 13:25:50, mike tubbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  The author of this amazing engine in my opinion has created a style very
>>>>>similar to Mikhail Tal and Garry Kasparov. Has anyone else noticed this? One of
>>>>>the Signitures of CM6000 style is the pawn sacrifice, which is usually for
>>>>>active piece play. Many here speak of Rebel and Hiarcs as the most human like
>>>>>programs, actually i think CM6000 deserves this singular honour.  I also like
>>>>>CM9000 but it plays alot less risky then CM6000 and doesn't sacrifice material
>>>>>as much.
>>>>
>>>>You know that Johan de Koning wrote 4000, 5000, 6000, 8000, and 9000, all based
>>>>on the King program, don't you?
>>>
>>>Don't forget 5500, 7000 and the upcoming 10th Edition. :-)
>>>
>>>But that doesn't mean that there couldn't have been significant changes in the
>>>playing style of the engine between versions.
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Oh I didn't forget, there was a small upgrade between 5000, and 5500. CM7K was
>>basically 6K with a new interface.
>>
>>I think Chessmaster/King Program is very tactical, one of the best and the King
>>of spotting mates, but not the most human of all engines and certainly not Tal..
>>it would get into trouble with unsound sacs!;-)
>>
>>Daniel
>
>
> I guess it's just a matter of opinion, I think it's better then tal and didn't
>make the same unsound sacrifices he did, if tal was to play his crap on
>chessmaster he would have gotten rolled, but i'm sure he is smart enough not to
>try his crap against it.


His crap??????   You are kidding right?



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