On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:21:50 +0200, Keith123
wrote:


Hello. I just installed Chessmaster 9000(purchased new for $9.99 at
Circuit City) and have a question as to why the "endgame" plays so
weak compared to my old 5500 version. I set-up a simple position of
White King on e1 and White Pawn on e4 and Black King on e8 with White
to move first using the Chessmaster ID against itself with 30 seconds
per move allowed. I was suprised to see the white pawn advance all the
way to the end of the board without any help from the White King! I
did a "Full" install, not just the "typical" install. Here is the PGN-


[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2006.8.26"]
[Round ""]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[TimeControl "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/8/4P3/8/8/4K3 w - - 0 1"]

1.e5 Kd7 2.e6+ Ke8 3.e7 Kd7 4.e8=Q+ Kxe8 1/2-1/2

Quite a silly endgame! What might I have done wrong on my set-up since
I didn't see anyone else complain about this situation in a search. I
have Windows 98 and a 6 year old Dell Computer but everything else with
Chessmaster 9000 seems a-ok.

-Keith

The game is dead draw. Try replacing positions of white king and pawn and
you'll see. White will win 100 %.


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