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Subject: Re: Personalities in Chessmaster

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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