Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 16:21:01 03/19/98
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On March 18, 1998 at 23:41:13, Tim OConnor wrote: >I purchased Power Chess 98 about a month ago. All of the bugs that I >know of in the earlier version are fixed. I can export pgn, the system >doesn't lock up, etc. Since I bought it, I have been trying to "crack >the king." I'm not there yet, but I am very close. > >Instructionally, it is a unique learning experience. I doubted the >value of learning an opening that is not in my repertoire. IM Minev has >some interesting ideas on this in the February issue of Inside Chess. I >have learned a great deal about the Giuoco Piano and improved my tactics >(& confidence) tremendously. One problem with me using computer chess >programs is my reliance on taking back moves. This program has helped >me break that dependancy. The king was too difficult for me in the >previous version and this one is much better able to adapt to my play. > >I wish that the program would move ahead in its analysis of my games to >the point where I deviated from that line in my previous game instead of >telling me, for example, that 1. e4 is a good move for 50 games. Hi Tim: Your words of praise of Power has been very well by me received as much as yesterday., in a sudden -but in fact frequent kind of behaviour in internet shopping- impulse I bought it already. So, I did well after all. Bye Frnando >This is a much improved version. The instructional value of this >program has been underrated. I doubt if a reviewer will be able to do >justice to his/her review of the program without attempting to "crack >the king" for 50 to 100 games. > >Tim
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