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I know a lot of you hate Chessmaster but I like it. the only problem I have
with it is that it is a total hog on my PC resources. I am running XP on a
Pentium 2.19 GHz with 512 MB RAM. The PC is not the fastest but it should be
able to run this program fine.

Any advice on making Chessmaster run better? MY CPU is pegged at 99% the
whole time it is running.
 
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Your CPU will ALWAYS be pegged while a chess engine is running in
Chessmaster (or, for that matter, with ANY chess program). The whole
point of the chess engine playing as strongly as possible is that it
takes every bit of your CPU that you (or Windows) will give it.

So, even if you turn off all other programs, or even get a faster CPU,
Chessmaster (or, more specifically, The King engine) will always take
as much CPU as it can get.

jm
 
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"phillip" <phillip_ccnp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I know a lot of you hate Chessmaster but I like it. the only problem I have
> with it is that it is a total hog on my PC resources. I am running XP on a
> Pentium 2.19 GHz with 512 MB RAM. The PC is not the fastest but it should be
> able to run this program fine.
>
> Any advice on making Chessmaster run better? MY CPU is pegged at 99% the
> whole time it is running.

Go to Preferences --> Engine... and play with Transposition Memory and Priority
settings.

Alternatively, hit Crtl + Alt + Delete, --> Task Manager and limit the priority
of: game.exe and (if you mentor) TheKing.exe.

I would try the settings in CM10 first.

Where CM has an advantage is it's great selection of AI opponents.
Personalities are diverse and more playable than Fritz. However in terms of
analyzing positions and annotating yours and others' games (which you gotta do
if you want to improve) Fritz and Chessbase progs are far superior.

Good luck
 
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"LSD" <lawstudentdave@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "phillip" <phillip_ccnp@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:42da14fd$1@usenet01.boi.hp.com...
>>I know a lot of you hate Chessmaster but I like it. the only problem I
>>have
>> with it is that it is a total hog on my PC resources. I am running XP on
>> a
>> Pentium 2.19 GHz with 512 MB RAM. The PC is not the fastest but it should
>> be
>> able to run this program fine.
>>
>> Any advice on making Chessmaster run better? MY CPU is pegged at 99% the
>> whole time it is running.
>
> Go to Preferences --> Engine... and play with Transposition Memory and
> Priority settings.
>
> Alternatively, hit Crtl + Alt + Delete, --> Task Manager and limit the
> priority of: game.exe and (if you mentor) TheKing.exe.
>
> I would try the settings in CM10 first.
>
> Where CM has an advantage is it's great selection of AI opponents.
> Personalities are diverse and more playable than Fritz. However in terms
> of analyzing positions and annotating yours and others' games (which you
> gotta do if you want to improve) Fritz and Chessbase progs are far
> superior.
>
> Good luck


Just curious...can you briefly explain what advantages Fritz and Chessbase
have over CM 10 when it comes to analyzing positions? I appreciate
it....thanks.
 
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 02:15:37 -0600, "phillip"
<phillip_ccnp@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I know a lot of you hate Chessmaster but I like it. the only problem I have
>with it is that it is a total hog on my PC resources. I am running XP on a
>Pentium 2.19 GHz with 512 MB RAM. The PC is not the fastest but it should be
>able to run this program fine.
>
>Any advice on making Chessmaster run better? MY CPU is pegged at 99% the
>whole time it is running.
>

not all of us hate chessmaster..

I believe that CM10 is the best all around chess training software for
beginners (like me). The tutorials are worth the purchase price
alone.

As for it pegged at 99%, all chess programs grab as much cpu power as
possible :)

J.Lohner
 
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LSD wrote:

> That was off the top of my head. There's probably more.

Yes, the automated ones (in chessprogram8): Blundecheck, Full analysis,
Compare analysis and Deep position analysis, which all use a preset of
time or depth.

And more to come, they say.

> LSD
>
>
 
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> I also find if you switch focus away from CM10 and the go back to it,
> the mentor lines reset and the calculations start from scratch.

This should only be true if you MINIMIZE Chessmaster. If you just
ALT+TAB between programs, the calculations should continue.

jm
 
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LSD <lawstudentdave@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
> Another important feature is you can "lock" the engine into analyzing
> one particular position and still move through the moves in the game.

*ears prick up* Can Fritz do that or just ChessBase? If Fritz can, how?


Dave.

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<JVMerlino@aol.com> wrote:
> Your CPU will ALWAYS be pegged while a chess engine is running in
> Chessmaster (or, for that matter, with ANY chess program). The whole
> point of the chess engine playing as strongly as possible is that it
> takes every bit of your CPU that you (or Windows) will give it.

Indeed. Or was the original poster complaining that the CPU was fully
loaded even when the engine wasn't running?


Dave.

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special!
 
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David Richerby wrote:
> LSD <lawstudentdave@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Another important feature is you can "lock" the engine into analyzing
>>one particular position and still move through the moves in the game.
>
>
> *ears prick up* Can Fritz do that or just ChessBase? If Fritz can, how?
>
>
> Dave.
>
Both.
It's related to the engine - the enginepane infact.
If you right-click in a open enginewindow, you'll see the lock feature.

HD
 
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HD <hdchess@gmail.com> wrote:
> David Richerby wrote:
>> LSD <lawstudentdave@REMOVEhotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Another important feature is you can "lock" the engine into analyzing
>>> one particular position and still move through the moves in the game.
>>
>> *ears prick up* Can Fritz do that or just ChessBase? If Fritz can, how?
>
> If you right-click in a open enginewindow, you'll see the lock feature.

Cool -- thank you both.


Dave.

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Inconnux kirjoitti:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 02:15:37 -0600, "phillip"
> <phillip_ccnp@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I know a lot of you hate Chessmaster but I like it. the only problem I have
>>with it is that it is a total hog on my PC resources. I am running XP on a
>>Pentium 2.19 GHz with 512 MB RAM. The PC is not the fastest but it should be
>>able to run this program fine.
>>
>>Any advice on making Chessmaster run better? MY CPU is pegged at 99% the
>>whole time it is running.
>>
>
>
> not all of us hate chessmaster..
>
> I believe that CM10 is the best all around chess training software for
> beginners (like me). The tutorials are worth the purchase price
> alone.
>
> As for it pegged at 99%, all chess programs grab as much cpu power as
> possible :)
>
> J.Lohner
>

You're absolutely right. I hope when they comy with new Fritz version
they'll include some training options. I can say I bought CM10 mainly
for having voice-annotated games, what CM lacks is a decent interface.
Fritz and CM are a great combination, I couldn't think just having one
of those programs. Chessbase company has seen possibilities of CM-like
tutorials and they are marketing these Chess Media system trainers. I
find them really useful.

Isn't it funny that analyzing a game now means of running it through
Fritz analysis?
 
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David Richerby wrote:

> Indeed. Or was the original poster complaining that the CPU was fully
> loaded even when the engine wasn't running?
>
>
> Dave.
>

I think the original poster was indeed complaining about the interface
swallowing the cpu cycles.

The only way to make the king get the majority is to put him on a slightly
higher priority, ignoring the warning about lower playing strength. The
interface won't work slower, however, and your silicon opponent will offer
you more nodes per second.

If there was a fix for the *slow* interface i would apply it!
 
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