Author: Goette Patrick
Date: 10:32:57 05/17/99
Hello,
As I am a new user of Chess Master 6000 ( I never had a former version of CM
before ) I would like to know, according to your experience with this software,
if CM has a particular reputation of being weak in the positional play, in
opposition with its tactical play and its force in the finals.
Let me explain : I just tested 3 programs with the chess test LCTII ( of
Louguet, a french author ). Here are the results I obtained on my 166 Mz Pentium
with 32 Mo Ram (hashtables homogeneized) :
Virtual Chess 1.02 Hiarcs 6.0 CM6000
Positional play : 200/420 pts= 47.6% 210/420=50% 145/420=34.5%
Tactical play : 195/360 = 54% 235/360=65.3% 280/360=77.8%
Finals : 60/270=22% 95/270=35.2% 120/270=44.4%
TOTAL 2355 ELO(according to LCTII) 2440 ELO 2445 ELO (!)
Well my questions are these :
How do you explain the relative weakness of CM600O performance in positional
play in comparison with the 2 other programs ?
What is the relevance of LCTII test to evaluate the strength of programs, when
we know the true ELO rating of CM6000 is at least 100 points higher ?
What are the tests the more relevant to evaluate the true ELO-rating of a chess
program ? ( I mean whose results get close to the ELO estimated through many and
many games played as usual ) ?
Every remark, opinion, explanation welcome.
Patrick Goette
patrick.goette@smile.ch
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