Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 08:15:09 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 09:37:52, Shep wrote: >On June 08, 1999 at 09:04:36, Steven Schwartz wrote: > >>On June 08, 1999 at 08:54:02, Shep wrote: > >>> Chessmaster 5555 At +45 =33 -17, this beast has the best > >[snip] > >>Shep... >>Would it be helpful if we donated (and sent to you Express Mail) a >>Chessmaster 6000 for this tournament? >>- Steve (ICD/Your Move) >>P.S. If yes, please send me your mailing address. > >Thanks for the offer, but I already own CM 6000 for quite some time. :) >However, its performance wasn't too outstanding in my recent tournaments to >qualify for the SC 99. That's why it is not included despite its good SSDF >results. >(For the same reasons, MChess 8 is not playing.) >CM 5555 is still the better of the two IMHO, and I didn't want two instances of >the same program in the tourney (Tiger is an exception as 11.5 is the defending >SCCS champion). > >However, if any of the programmers (Ed, Marty, Amir) wish to provide a beta >version of their newest programs, feel free to contact me. > >--- >Shep You stated in your original post the tournament was being held with the 12 strongest programs of today. The problem I have with that is the programs being tested which are not available; for example, Chessmaster 5500, which your description only makes me frustrated that I can't purchase this program. Isn't it more relevant to test programs that are available? Would you offer me CM5500 for sale? All this does is make me want to fly over to Germany, find out where you live, locate an expert burglar, and I think you know the rest :-). I think your tournament is an extremely interesting event that will stir up some controversy, but give us some relevant information on the programs which are available. You are to be congratulated for running a tournament of this type. I hope you will reconsider and include CM 6000 because of the great amount of controversy surrounding this program as to whether or not it deserves such a high SSDF rating. By the way, if you'll send me CM 5500, I'll send you both my Mephisto Atlanta and Novag Diamond - give it some thought :-). Mel
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