CGBT gauntlet - Chessmaster 11

[Chris Tatham]

Hi All,

It's not every year we get a new Chessmaster version, so I've run the CM11 Default setting through the old CGBT gauntlet. The updated table is below:

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 Program                          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
  
  CM9000 Tribute                 : 2652   19  19  1000    59.7 %   2584   27.7 %
  CM10th Paralyse                : 2650   19  18  1000    59.4 %   2584   27.9 %
  CM9000 Enforcer                : 2649   18  18  1000    59.2 %   2584   30.8 %
  CM9000 Wizard                  : 2644   18  18  1000    58.5 %   2584   29.4 %
  CM9000 Hero                    : 2641   19  19  1000    58.1 %   2584   26.6 %
  CM10th Master Yoda+            : 2636   18  18  1000    57.4 %   2584   29.3 %
  CM10th Thorondor               : 2636   18  18  1000    57.4 %   2584   28.7 %
  CM9000 Apex                    : 2628   18  18  1000    56.4 %   2584   30.5 %
  CM10th D2Alos                  : 2627   18  18  1000    56.1 %   2584   34.2 %
  CM10th Berean5.54              : 2626   18  18  1000    56.0 %   2584   29.3 %
  CM9000 Attakiewicz             : 2626   18  18  1000    56.0 %   2584   33.1 %
  CM11GE Default                 : 2625   18  18  1000    55.9 %   2584   29.5 % 
  CM10th Ogre                    : 2621   18  18  1000    55.2 %   2584   31.1 %
  CM10th MrSpock                 : 2619   18  18  1000    54.9 %   2584   29.5 %
  CM9000 Grizzly2                : 2618   19  19  1000    54.9 %   2584   26.0 %
  CM10th Milan 2.3               : 2608   18  18  1000    53.5 %   2584   32.8 %
  CM10th SoFar2                  : 2604   17  17  1000    52.8 %   2584   36.3 %
  CM10th WoDra+                  : 2602   18  18  1000    52.5 %   2584   26.7 %
  CM9000 Default                 : 2601   18  18  1000    52.5 %   2584   27.8 %
  CM10th Schumacher              : 2593   19  19  1000    51.2 %   2584   23.5 %
  CM10th ChesGek                 : 2593   19  19  1000    51.2 %   2584   23.5 %
  CM10th Default                 : 2583   19  19  1000    49.9 %   2584   26.2 %
  CM10th Vegeta 2d               : 2557   19  19  1000    46.1 %   2584   25.7 %
  CM8000 Default                 : 2555   18  18  1000    45.8 %   2584   27.4 %

Well, there is an improvement over previous defaults.... but don't look too far up the table.

However, for consistency with previous tests this run used 1 CPU, I will re-run it with 2 CPU which should have a greater impact. As for previous tests full results are on my site.

The next big question - is Tony going to put his hand in his pocket?

Best wishes

Chris

[ozziejoe]

how about taking the strongest cm setting for cm10 and seeing how that does with cm11?

Otherwise, it looks like cm 11 does not improve much in strength (but who buys it for strength/analysis anyway.)
j

[Tony Thomas]

Give or take, the default is a 40 point improvement. The problem I have is an outdated computer. If I buy the DVD version, I have no DVD drive. . Is it possible for you to send me your folder, without the .exe? Only thing I should have to put inside the folder should be an unchanged .exe, because my luck with inbetween hasnt been very good in the past. Regardless of how I set it up it only used 1 MB as a WB engine, I was successful in getting it to properly manage time. If you can help me with that I will buy it this Friday. Are there any changes in tutorials? I used to be able to beat Josh at age 8, I havent played with it in a while so I dont know if I can still do it.

[Chris Tatham]

how about taking the strongest cm setting for cm10 and seeing how that does with cm11?

I'm not sure how transferable settings are between CM versions. I suspect not, but others are more qualified to answer this than me.

The problem I have is an outdated computer. If I buy the DVD version, I have no DVD drive

If you have an ageing PC I think you will struggle to run CM11. The minimum/recommended specs are not surprisingly much higher than CM10th. Even on my relatively new dual PC, I often can not get past the intro screen before it crashes even though my video card is officially supported! - still I guess that's what makes it CM and why we love it!

As yet I haven't had a proper play with CM11 and I may be totally wrong but it doesn't seem that much different from CM10th - and at least this version runs from CDRom

Best wishes


Chris