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

Author: mike tubbs

Date: 16:20:31 06/18/04

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On June 18, 2004 at 17:31:26, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>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?

 It's well known that tal made alot of unsound sacrifices, thus the expression
"his Crap"!



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