Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:56:49 02/18/02
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Bruce, impressive job! And rarely do you see such a nice web site for a freeware product. Thanks for creating it and for telling this forum about it. On February 17, 2002 at 01:20:07, Bruce Ramsey wrote: >Hello – I recently finished a little forced-mate training app. That is, >training for human players, not training for computer chess engines… > >Is it OK to post here on chess-training-software topics? If not, please just >let me know. I wouldn’t even have posted this once, except I saw some recent >messages here about people using Bookup for chess training. > >Anyway, the little app is called FM Gym or Forced-Mate Gym. It’s at >http://www.learnabunch.com/ and it’s freeware. It’s also pretty new, like beta. > >There’s a FAQ with answers to things like why I wrote it, see >http://www.learnabunch.com/FM_Gym/fm_gym_faq.htm#WhyDidYouWriteFMGym > >I’m guessing every GM in the world would be bored to tears with FM_Gym. I really >can’t say how valuable or fun it might be to anyone other than myself, but if >anyone tries it out, I’d be interested to hear about your views. Including any >bugs you find, usability warts, flaming criticisms, positive feedback, whatever. > >For recent Windows (2000, ME, XP) the download is bad, but not too bad by >today’s standards (3 Mb). But: for any older Windows, it’s just totally >APPALLING!!! 15 stinkin’ megs! You’ll find more explanations and my apologies at >http://www.learnabunch.com/FM_Gym/fm_gym_faq.htm#WhyIsTheDownloadSoHuge > >OK, I’ve rambled on… If anyone gives it a whirl, like I say, I’d be interested >to hear what you think. > >Cheers, Bruce
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