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Subject: Re: CMX000 Demo Thoughts

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 10:02:12 06/25/04

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On June 25, 2004 at 11:06:05, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>On June 24, 2004 at 19:30:33, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On June 24, 2004 at 12:16:38, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>>
>>>On June 24, 2004 at 01:20:12, Ernst Walet wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 23, 2004 at 19:59:05, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>John,
>>>>>
>>>>>Any thoughts on the e-mail I sent you last night?
>>>>>
>>>>>Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Any chance we hear about this problem as well? ;)
>>>>
>>>>Ernst.
>>>
>>>I think the "HUGE problem" is that you can run the new
>>>version of the King under the CM9000 GUI. You can also
>>>run it under other GUIs with the opk number from CM9000.
>>>So if you are a CM9000 owner you have got a free engine
>>>update.
>>>
>>>Mihaly
>>
>>
>>Very good Mihaly -- just curious - how did you come across this "problem"?
>
>John called it a "HUGE problem", I just quoted him. So when I read your
>mysterious posts involving Johan, I simply found out the secret and replaced
>the old theking.exe with the new one, and it worked.

oh geez - and I thought I was sufficiently discrete - you get an "A" for being
remarkably intuitive ...




>
>Note that I probably won't discern the difference between the two engines:
>I don't run engine-engine matches, just play myself against them.
>
>Let me add that I have much more chess programs than I can use so I
>certainly won't bend over myself to get another one.
>
>I am waiting for the new Crafty though with the new features Dr. Hyatt
>mentioned here a while ago. Interested how will it adjust it's opening
>lines and playing style to the opponent. I find this much more exciting
>than increasing playing strength. Every time I read a post stating "the
>new version is 30-50 Elo stronger than the previous one!" I just shrug
>my shoulder, they're strong enough for me.

it's almost there ...probably after WMCC is my guess for the next release ...



>
>
>>
>>For myself, I was just tried it because I could ( to use Bill Clinton's line).
>>
>>Here are the results of a 50 game Cm9K vs Cm10K match.
>>
>>Name                Wins    Draws   Losses  Games   Score
>>CM9K                  14      23      13      50     25.5
>>Chessmaster 10K       13      23      14      50     24.5
>>
>>Name		            1        2     Total
>>1.CM9K		           XXX    25.5/50 25.5/50
>>2.Chessmaster 10K	 24.5/50    XXX   24.5/50
>
>Sorry, these results tell absolutely nothing to me.
>
>Mihaly



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