SSDF list: why Chessmaster is not tested anymore?

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Dr.Wael Deeb
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Re: SSDF list: why Chessmaster is not tested anymore?

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Ovyron wrote:
Terry McCracken wrote:It Sucks!
Perhaps, but then you can create a personality for it that doesn't suck :)
I have created personalities from the CM9000 that play around 2700 Elo and I have created personalities from the King 3.50 which play around 2800 Elo....
_No one can hit as hard as life.But it ain’t about how hard you can hit.It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.How much you can take and keep moving forward….
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Re: SSDF list: why Chessmaster is not tested anymore?

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Dann Corbit wrote:
Ponti wrote:Last Chessmaster tested version is CM 9000.
There`s no CM 10000 and no CM Challenge ("11000"). Why ?
IMHO it must be tested, it is the #1 seller all over the world!
Here in Brazil a full copy of CM 10000 sells at US$15 only - much cheaper than Rybka or Fritz.
It is very difficult to test it in the native way like the other SSDF engines are tested. Imagine the effort of *manually* playing 800 games at 40 moves in 2 hours. I shudder to think of it.

However, the engine itself can be decoupled from the chess system and tested as a Winboard engine. Look at this:
http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/40_40%2 ... n/260.html
See also:
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/40 ... er_11_2CPU