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Subject: Re: Rebel has CM's number...

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 17:23:15 04/04/99

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On April 04, 1999 at 11:29:52, Brian Smith wrote:

>For some reason it seems to me that CM has trouble dealing with REBEL.  It's
>surprising to me how many times CM gets outplayed even against Rebel Decade 2.0
>(this was 40/120 on a P133... running on the same machine... I don't know if it
>would be different on two fast computers).
>
>Any ideas why it has problems playing against REBEL?

Mr. Smith,

The standard answer is that Rebel has a learning feature--at least in Version
10.  That is why CM6000 is not really the leader of the pack.  It also may be
the opening books are better in Rebel.  But then--you get what you pay for.
Computer vs computer chess is not always valid.

Some at the CCC have a need to champion a particular program.  I can see that
you are not one of them.  The real question is "What can I learn from a
particular program?"  The endgames are getting much better but are far from
perfect.  Both Rebel 10 and MChessPro 8 have a lot of endgame information.

Just wait for CM7000 and watch it clobber the opposition.  Or maybe not.  In
reality, all of the top ten programs are pretty much equal.

Respectfully,

Tim Frohlick



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