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Subject: Re: Komputer Korner APOLOGIZES to Chris Dorr and to Mindscape

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 21:08:49 12/26/98

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On December 24, 1998 at 04:31:21, blass uri wrote:

>
>On December 24, 1998 at 02:39:59, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>On December 23, 1998 at 10:14:46, blass uri wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On December 23, 1998 at 08:56:26, Prakash Das wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not to put more oil on fire, but I always thought CM was a toy for IM and
>>>>GM players. I have yet to hear any of the very top players say they train with
>>>>cm6000.. (perhaps they do in secret when they have time to waste but none of
>>>>them has yet endorsed it).
>>>> CM is no doubt an excellent value for the lower rated players with all it's
>>>>tutorials and personalities and board configuartions. This is clearly aimed at
>>>>the mass market, and I don't say it's a toy because of it's price: the price is
>>>>irrelevant.
>>>> Very strong players have different needs, their time is limited, they want the
>>>>maximum out of a chess program (the meat of it, not tutorials and "gimmicks").
>>>>After you are done with teh gimmicks, you are left with the program itself, so
>>>>tutorials and such is irrelevant in the long run.
>>>>
>>>> I will wait for CM8000 and beyond.
>>>
>>>I think that IM and GM's can train with CM6000 and do things that they cannot do
>>>with other programs.
>>>
>>>If they want to analyze an idea in the opening (for example a novelty that  thay
>>>prepare against an opponent) and the computer does not understand the position
>>>then they can do nothing about it if they are not using chessmaster.
>>>
>>>With chessmaster6000 they can change the mobility parameter,king safety
>>>parameter,material values and suddenly the computer understand the position so
>>>they can play against the personality that understand the ideas of the position
>>>and learn from the game.
>>>
>>>I want to know what IM's and GM's think about it.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Yes Uri, but CM6000 is not the only program that you can change parameters with.
>>--
>
>
>I know that chessmaster is not the only one that I can change parameters
>
>I can do it also with Junior5 but there are not many options
>For example I have no number for king's safety and I have only 2 options for
>this parameter.
>
>I want to know if there is another program that you can change a big number of
>parameters(The same as chessmaster) or chessmaster is the best in the number of
>options to change partameters?
>
>I have 10 parameters that I can change in the material
>6 parameters that I can change in the positional
>and 6 parameters that I can change in the style of chessmaster
>
>so the number of parameters that I can change (not only binary changes) is 22.
>
>Uri

Nimzo 3.5 provided a special interface language called CHE which enabled you to
teach it to learn a position. maximum affected score was a difference of .32 of
a pawn.
--
Komputer Korner



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