Author: Harald Faber
Date: 05:02:59 07/27/99
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On July 27, 1999 at 07:40:40, Shep wrote: >On July 27, 1999 at 06:05:55, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On July 27, 1999 at 04:55:57, Shep wrote: > >>>We know. But there's no better way to get a quick impression than some eng-eng >>>matches. At least it helps you identify real lemons. >> >>Really? Honestly, I am not sure. > >It does help. I tossed out some experimental settings after they scored along >the lines of 0/5 in several eng-eng tourneys. OK, this seems to be clear. I didn't expect such. >>>Both betas will play a 4-game series against commercial opponents, then the >> >>Wow. How many opponents? > >Opponents are Tiger 11.8.2, Rebel 10, MChess 8 and Genius 6. In other words, the >whole range of commercials, from absolute top to average. >[So far, "CM 6666test" scored 1.5/2 against Tiger and Rebel at 60/game on the >PIII-550s.] 4 games each I hope? >>Ya, I know. Since months I am putting pressure on Johan (who really has almost >>no influence on the new build-in features) and Mindscape for months to implement >>a better opening book editor and the autoplayer. Mindscape once asked me for >>further information and I sent them SMK's source code so hopefully it will come >>with CM7k. > >Hopefully they will have any idea what this is all about. ;) >I hope you told them how important an autoplayer is for the all-important SSDF >list. Otherwise, they will probably say "How many percent of our customers will >have a need for this? Oh, 1%!? Great. Idea dropped!" ;-( Hey, I am no fool, of course I gave them the hint to SSDF. :-) And since John Merlino is CCC member I am optimistic that auto232 soon will come for CM. >I think Johan should stick to feeding Mindscape with smaller updates of his King >2.xx and release 3.xx on a "real" platform such as Fritz GUI. >Would probably be financially more attractive as well (?). >--- >Shep Maybe, but perhaps he has a treaty with Mindscape for several years...
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