Retro chess - Chessmaster

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Re: Retro chess - Chessmaster

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Werner wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:44 am Hi Wilhelm,
somebody wrote: CM9000 is the strongest version of the series.
What do you think?
Hi Werner,
clearly not. Look at the 1000 games test. It's very close with CM10. CM11 ist clearly the strongest. In default setting CM9 is befor CM10 and behind CM11 x32/x64. But hey, it's to strong for most of us :D
http://descent.at/files/1000.html

cheers Wilhelm
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Wilhelm wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:05 am Don't understand why CM11 is so hard to get. Maybe on ebay from time to time. Is it abandonware know?
Well, the prices are somewhat insane on ebay, with copies selling between $40-60 USD after shipping costs. I don't want it that badly. :-)
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Re: Retro chess - Chessmaster

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JVMerlino wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 5:26 pm
Wilhelm wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:05 am Don't understand why CM11 is so hard to get. Maybe on ebay from time to time. Is it abandonware know?
Well, the prices are somewhat insane on ebay, with copies selling between $40-60 USD after shipping costs. I don't want it that badly. :-)
I also wouldn't do this :) Maybe you can borrow it from a friend for testing? I tried a search but wasn't able to find one. All I find was Iso images...
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Re: Retro chess - Chessmaster

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I'm sure he could be found on a Russian forum. :) You just need to know Cyrillic, which we learned as an occupation language for 10 years. At least we had something to do with communism in the Czech Republic. :) We speak a little Russian...
And I have a feeling he can be spotted in the Cheap CD shop here from time to time. When I'm halfway around, I'll check it out.
https://www.fruugo.cz/chessmaster-umeni ... gISTvD_BwE
439 Czech crowns is about 20$. Plus shipping, of course
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Re: Retro chess - Chessmaster

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Anyone has the endgame database generator? Link on ubi is broken :(
Thanks!
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Wilhelm wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:03 am Anyone has the endgame database generator? Link on ubi is broken :(
Thanks!
Try asking on chess.com. Someone in the forum occasionally posted a link there, but it was only valid for 30 days...
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Rubinus wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:55 pm
Wilhelm wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:03 am Anyone has the endgame database generator? Link on ubi is broken :(
Thanks!
Try asking on chess.com. Someone in the forum occasionally posted a link there, but it was only valid for 30 days...
Thanks, I will try.
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Re: Retro chess - Chessmaster

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Wilhelm, I can email it to you. It is only 115KB zipped
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Murat wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:33 pm Wilhelm, I can email it to you. It is only 115KB zipped
Many thanks, I got it :)
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