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Subject: Re: CM8000 is gold!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:36:42 10/23/00

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On October 21, 2000 at 20:23:34, enrico carrisco wrote:

>On October 20, 2000 at 16:28:07, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>Chessmaster 8000 "went gold" yesterday, and is being sent to the
>>duplication
>
>Greetings.  Below is a list of ChessMaster 8000's features...  As far as
>"Full WinBoard compatibility" - does this mean that it can load WinBoard driven
>engines into its own interface or that it can play online at chess servers (such
>as ICC/FICS/CHESS.NET) with the assistance of WinBoard?
>
>-elc.
>
>========================================
>
>-- New King Engine -- v3.12
>-- Full Winboard Compatibility
>-- You can now play any two Winboard engines
>   against each other, and neither of them have to be a King engine. You can
>   also see Chessmaster's analysis of the current position at the same time,
>   meaning "infinite analysis" is finally supported.
>-- Windows NT and Windows 2000 compatibility.
>-- Hash table size is now a unique setting for each personality. You can have
>   anywhere from no hash table, to 2GB (depending on your machine's available
>   PHYSICAL memory).
>-- Josh Waitzkin intermediate/advanced endgame tutorial
>-- Bruce Pandolfini's "Match the Masters" (much like the old "Rate My Play"
>   Chessmaster feature)
>-- Swiss tournaments
>-- Blindfold chess
>-- 100 new Classic Games annotated by GM Larry Evans
>-- Several new exercises where you have to achieve mate with only a
>   certaincombination of pieces (KQvK, KRvK, KBNvK, KBBvK, KQvKN, KRvKN, KQvKR)
>-- Updated database
>-- More customizable interface
>-- More accurate personality ratings

"Full Winboard Compatibility" means you will be able to use Winboard engines
within Chessmaster.

jm



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