Author: Ramón Martínez
Date: 06:05:24 11/25/99
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On November 25, 1999 at 08:48:03, Jonathan Oliver wrote: > I have noticed that the personalities in Chessmaster seem very unrealistic. > I know that a computer can never play like humans, but Chessmaster's >personalities bear little real resemblances to any of the humans that I have >seen. They seem to play much stronger in the endgame than most humans. Even >the weaker personalities seem above average in the endgame. While I know that >the endgame is my primary chess weakness, I usually can pull it out because >nearly everyone that I have played makes the most and most costly mistakes >during the final portion of the game. Am I just completely lousy at the >endgame, or does someone agree that the personalites, especially the weaker >ones, are curiously strong (I use this word in its broadest sense) during the >endgame (compared with the average human chessplayer)? Sorry that I wasted your >time, if you don't think they are! > >J Oliver > >Oh...HAPPY THANKSGIVING Yes, I have noticed that some of them, specially the ones that are rated between 1800 and 2200, play a weak middlegame, maybe giving up one or two pawns unnecesarily, and then play perfect endings (according to the analysis that Chessmaster itself gives). Nevertheless, I enjoy playing against this strange humans.
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