Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 08:42:48 11/10/00
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On November 09, 2000 at 17:43:29, Jorge Pichard wrote: >On November 09, 2000 at 08:30:45, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>I taught Kasparov, and Kramnik all they know, and I only used 4% of my chess >>knowledge. In fact the top 10 players in the World attended my chess school. >> >>Sounds almost as stupid as you post, doesn't it? > >In reality your post is absurd, the reason why I mentioned that "if your rating >is less < 2300 you realy don't need to buy it" is simple and straight forward >and could not be explained simpler than with the topic. I do understand that >the motif for buying the latest P.C. Chess software is not just for strength >alone, unless you are planning to entertain some IM in your house and impress >them with your latest toy including your latest computer. The main reason behind >buying a new P.C. Chess program should really depend on how many features that >new program is offering beside strength, since CM 6000 probably could beat 75% >of the club chess players in the world, there is no need to get an upgrade >unless the program is offereing new and better features and in this case, CM800 >is one of the new P.C. Chess programs that can offer more, and better Features >as the previous version for a reasonable price. > >Pichard. > >>Why would someone under 2300 not want it? It really is a fine program. >> >>I see the Chessmaster series differently than I see the rest of the chess >>programs that are commercially available. I see them as more of a game, not a >>chess program. It has many more options to play with, and sure, it does have a >>strong chess engine in it, but the interface reminds me of some sort of gaming >>zone. >> >>I have a feeling if the ChessMaster team were to concentrate less on the >>interface, and special little comments, graphics, and so on, CM would possibly >>be a better "chess program". >> >>You also must remember that a toy company owns them, not a chess company.
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