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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 9000 Beta Report

Author: Tina Long

Date: 20:07:55 05/07/02

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On May 07, 2002 at 22:33:37, John Merlino wrote:

>
>New Features for Chessmaster 9000 (in no particular order):
>
<My snipping is to only highlight the bits that initially caught my eye>

>Chess Engine
>-- Updated version of The King chess engine

This is pleasing.  Posters here had said Johan had given up Chess Programming in
favour of "Other Games" (starting with Amazons & working through the alphabet).

Is there any news of "how much" the engine is updated?  Is it some chewey (gum)
stuck here & there, or is it a "full" upgrade?

>
>Game Play
>-- QuickStart! game feature makes starting a new game against a random opponent
>(within a strength range that you can select) just one mouse click away

This is a welcome feature for playing fun games.

>-- Increased Selective Search maximum to 16

Now that's a big number!
>
>Support Windows
>-- New "Mentor Lines" window that shows either the N best moves overall or the
>single best move over time (i.e. the way CM8000 displayed its output in the
>Thinking Lines window). This window is available in the Game Room and also in
>the Library (for quick analysis of Classic Games or opening book lines)

Great, Chessbase has spoiled us (the users) with this feature.  Now we want it
in all our softwares.

>-- Visual Thinking window now flips when main board is flipped

Yay - that was one of my requests!
>
>At this time, Chessmaster 9000 is due to be released in around the end of
>August.

Which, in computer talk means "before Christmas"
And still 50% the price of other commercials?

This is All good news.  Thanks for the info John.

Tina Long

>
>Enjoy!
>
>jm



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