Author: Pete Galati
Date: 20:59:23 09/16/99
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On September 16, 1999 at 23:29:48, Bradley S., Short wrote: >It is true that Chessmaster 3000 was never a strong program. I think in the '92 >Harvard Cup the program finished last with only one draw against Patrick Wolf. >At that time all the programs ran on 486/66's. >While I had used the program to learn how to play the game it wasn't too long >before I was able to beat it. It would seem to play well for a while and biuld >a good position then for no apparent reason it would play a horrible move and >throw everything away. When I graduated to CM4000 I quickly noticed how it had >no problem driving home a won position. >Until a few days ago I hadn't even looked at 3000. But now that my machine is >several times faster than the old 486 I used to have I was curious to see if >3000 could play a noticeably better game. It does. >Its not like 3000 managed a draw at some point in a series of games. I played >one game only against both 5500 and 6000. I turned all opening books off and >made them think from move one. (I didn't want any of the programs stuck >struggling with a crappy position found in its book) Now both games were drawn. >While its true that anything can happen in a single game, there is no way the >old 3000 could have pulled this off. Both games would likely have been >minatures. Even the little Novag Sapphire is of sufficient strength to prevent >a 5-0 wipeout by CM3000 of the past. >Chessmaster 3000 on a Celeron 366 is certainly 2300 plus. CM 3000 is what I'd consider a strong program, but I'm not a strong Chess player at all. I have the Dos version of CM3000 on my computer, but I can't tolerate the Windows CM3000 interface so that's not there. Pete
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