Just how bad is Chessmaster Mobile

Really really bad. I'm black. CMM on highest setting played on a Motorola i605:

1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. dxc4 Bd7 6. Qb5 Nd4 7. Qc5 Nc2+
8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. Qxc7 Ba4+ 10. Ke1 Qd1# 0-1

Yeah, my Chessmaster on my mobile is pathetic as well, playing like a 800 rated player even at the highest setting. I've read that it plays a much better game if the phone has a faster processor and more memory. Unfortunately, when looking for phones to buy those specs aren't listed.

Originally posted by giantrobot
Really really bad. I'm black. CMM on highest setting played on a Motorola i605:

1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. dxc4 Bd7 6. Qb5 Nd4 7. Qc5 Nc2+
8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. Qxc7 Ba4+ 10. Ke1 Qd1# 0-1

I have a samsung A920. The chessmaster on my phone seems to work just fine. I can own it on everything up to adept, intermediate it's about 50/50, and everything above that i'm lucky if I get a win.

I have SE K608i and it is really good...
I enjoy my wins against it because he can put up a fight.

Originally posted by mazziewag
On mine it plays 3. cxd5 instead of Qa4+, i have an ericsson K750i so perhaps its more down to phone standard than the game program itself?

Originally posted by giantrobot
Really really bad. I'm black. CMM on highest setting played on a Motorola i605:

1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Qa4+ Nc6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. dxc4 Bd7 6. Qb5 Nd4 7. Qc5 Nc2+
8. Kd1 Nxa1 9. Qxc7 Ba4+ 10. Ke1 Qd1# 0-1

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Yeh, i spank it every time too. My phone simply doesn't have enough memory for it to find anything decent. It's annoying that you can't set it to use a couple of minutes on each move. It just throws moves out after 2-5 seconds of 'thought' which is just pointless really...

Originally posted by vipiu
nah, mine really thinks as long as I set it...and longer I set it, better it is...usually place decent when it has 90+ seconds per move