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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 6666 results and settings: here they are!

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 04:22:25 08/09/99

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On August 09, 1999 at 03:37:21, Shep wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I know I've kept you waiting long enough, so here they finally are, the
>requested Chessmaster 6666 settings (last results: draw with Fritz, loss to
>Nimzo 98, both 60/game on two PIII-550; overall result now 7:3 for 6666).
>
>As I said, they are, much like the 5555 settings, a clever (?) combination of
>settings that were already known, namely the Bednorz settings for CM 6000 and
>the piece values mentioned in a recent posting, based on the big statistics
>survey by IM Kaufman (IIRC), with some small adaptations:
>
>Attacker/Def.: 3
>Sel. Search:   10
>King safety:   134 (Bednorz has 133)
>Mobility:      104
>Mat/Pos.:      -3
>Passed pawns:  100
>Pawn weakness: 134 (Bednorz has 133)
>Center control:103
>
>Pawn:          1.0
>Bishop:        3.3 (Kaufman had 3.25; this is "CM 5555 style")
>Knight:        3.2 (dto.)
>Rook:          5.0
>Queen:         9.9 (Kaufman had 9.8 but suggested 9.75; Bednorz settings
>opp. queen:    9.7  had "queen = opp. queen + 0.2", thus this choice)
>
>The personality, along with the "Deep" and "Zero" versions, can also be
>downloaded from SCCS by going to the "Downloads" section (sccs.cjb.net).
>
>---
>Shep


Great, I will play these settings against SS=10 settings, I will play one game,
then reverse the game from the end of the opening book. I think 40/2hrs will be
the settings I will use. Will be interested to see the results.



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