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Subject: Re: Cm6555 is definitely the strongest Chessmaster around.

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 23:02:44 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 21:51:18, stuart taylor wrote:

>A clear weakening of playing strength makes it questionable as an "upgrade" in
>my opinion.

Is it advertized anywhere as an upgrade?

>All other extras and improvements should NEVER be at the expense of playing
>strength, Unless specifically made clear. If it's simply not improved, that's
>also not so good, but if it is EVEN WEAKER, then patches must patch up atleast
>that!

That depends on the target user IMO. Chessmaster isn't targeted at the computer
chess enthusiasts. Even if we made the assumption for the sake of argument that
it is weaker, I imagine that most users would appreciate the GUI and the usable
WinBoard implementation above anything else.

>I don't know if any other program was that much weaker than TWO upgrades
>earlier!

You still don't.

Regards,
Mogens



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