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Subject: Re: Just bought Fritz 6...but I'm not sure I'm not sure I like it.

Author: Alessandro Damiani

Date: 02:54:22 07/10/00

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On July 10, 2000 at 04:21:25, pavel wrote:

>On July 09, 2000 at 18:30:05, D Ridge wrote:
>
>>I’m a long-time Chess Master fan…got 5000/6000/7000.
>>
>>Decided to try Fritz 6 since I’ve heard so much about it.
>>
>>Never had such mixed feelings about a piece of software.
>>
>>I feel some of aspects of the user interface & some features are remarkable and
>>make CM seem like a toy.
>>
>>I also find some aspects of the user interface & some features completely
>>baffling!
>>
>>Maybe I’m thick but I find CM is, in general, far more intuitive to use in
>>almost every area.
>>
>>Anyone else find that?
>>
>>David
>
>
>you should understand the differance CM users and fritz users,
>CM was made mainly for the mass market with "cute interface", didnt care much
>about the program strength. though its still very strong.
>on the other hand fritz is made for serious players. for players you are more
>interested to have "good games" and analyze "serious positions" and stuff like
>that. not for novice :)
>thanks
>pavel

This answer tells me that marketing guys at ChessBase did a good work.

Alessandro



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