Chessmaster series vs Shredder Series
Chessmaster Series 10000 9000 vs Fritz and Shredder 9 or 10 Ratings (Elo)
Anyone whose ever played them together will seem to think that chessmaster is stronger, in actuallity, Chessmaster 9000 or 10000 just hogs the memory more thereby not allowing fritz or shredder to calculate at their full capacity. There's no way to set the memory allocation in chessmaster, which is kinda annoying.
3100+ Elo playing strength unleashed??? When rated among humans they usually get a playing strength of 2800-2900 with their max powered processors in competitions. Our puny processors likely make it like 2400. It's not even an exact rating, because people who know how to exploit a computer chess engine will have far more success.
How to Beat your Computer Chess Engine
* keep as many pawns as possible, making a closed position
* Work on long term tactics like winning pawn structure
* Make your bishops hold long diagonals, even if you have to place then in the edge ranks.
* Trade pieces whenever possible
* Don't attempt to win a speed game
Kasparov VS X3D Fritz
Check out this win by kasparov against fritz (requires java). Kasparov had all the time in the world, because the computer didn't know exactly what it was doing. A better player would have advanced f5 or done some work on the king side. Kasparov coordinated a long term plan for a win that the computer was far from seeing, unti it was much too late. In these types of positions, it does not play like a human.
