Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 14:50:20 10/31/00
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On October 31, 2000 at 12:35:20, Marc Davis wrote: >I know it's still early -- CM8000 isn't here yet -- but I'm planning for >Christmas. Which should I get? > >I am a casual player, around 1400-1600, not a programmer. I enjoy playing >against the various personalities in CM6000. I sometimes analyze my games to >find my mistakes and I enjoy looking up different openings in the database to >see how the experts played them. I have never tried a Fritz product. > >Assuming an upgrade to CM8000 is cheaper than a new Fritz 6, which should I >choose, and why? If you like playing against various personalities (as in CM6000,7000,8000), then Fritz offers less variety. Fritz 6 does not have personalities, but it can be tweaked via an aggressiveness parameter (a number from -2 to +2 if my memory serves me). This is a lot less customizable than CM 6000 however. IMHO, Fritz 6 is easier for me to analyze games with. As I recall, the CM series does NOT offer an analysis mode where you just make moves and the program immediately starts analysing the current position. Why they have not implemented this over the years is a mystery to me. If you want both of those features, then perhaps Rebel 11.0 is the best of both worlds. One possible objection you would have to that is the DOS interface, but I actually like that interface as it is very full featured. It is not as graphically pretty as a Fritz 6 or CM 6000 interface, but very useful and well thought out all the same. I run Rebel almost every single day on my computers, I rarely run CM 6000. This is largely due to reasons above -- analysis mode and personalities both in one package. If DOS and Century 3.0 turn you off, then on the same Rebel 11 CD is Tiger (and its cousin Gambit Tiger) both of which offer GUIs (i.e. not DOS) and an analysis mode. The GUI takes a little getting used to, but it works well and I now like it. When you first started using CM, you had to get used to their GUI anyway, so ... Hopefully this helps you some, Roy
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