Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:39:59 01/25/06
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On January 25, 2006 at 16:14:30, Steve Maughan wrote: >John, > >>CM9_R1 needs eleven seconds on a P4-2.4: > >Not so long ago it was the case that ChessMaster (a.k.a The King) was usually >the fastest in these types of tactical positions. It would seem that a few >engines have caught up (e.g. Rybka, Hiarcs 10, Fritz 9 and Glaurung). Do you >know if Johan is still working on The King? I find it hard to believe that he's >still 100% full time programming. Do you happen to know what he's up to these >days? > >Regards, > >Steve I haven't had any communication with Johan in almost a year. I know that he was a bit frustrated with the poor communication between he and Ubi Soft, particularly when new versions of Chessmaster were released without him even knowing about it (such as the very silly "Chessmaster Challenge"). I would certainly suspect that he is working, at least to some degree, on a new version of The King, as it has now been a little over a year since CM for the Xbox was released. Although it is surprising that there is not even a tiny mention about a new version, and typically one will be announced several months before it becomes available. jm
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