Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:38:09 09/16/02
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On September 16, 2002 at 15:26:12, Jorge wrote: >On September 15, 2002 at 13:34:52, John Merlino wrote: > >>On September 15, 2002 at 03:44:56, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >> >>>Here's what I posted on the Chess Cafe: 433-3 I highly recommend the latest >>>version of ChessMaster - It combines almost every imaginable feature one could >>>want in a playing program, and includes many tutorials, some of which are >>>written by a ChessCafe columnist! It has at least 150 different historic and >>>custom made 'personalities', some of which are children players and beginners. >>> >>>Some of the key features of this program are listed on the chessmaster page, >>>www.chessmaster.com. >>> >>>The Ubi Soft company provides good customer support for this product, and is >>>quite responsive to user feedback, for new features in the next versions. >>> >>>I've never been disappointed in a ChessMaster program, which is updated about >>>once a year. The program is advanced enough for masters, yet comprehensive >>>enough for complete beginners and children. Also, the price is quite nice for >>>such a complete program. Larry S. Tamarkin [9-7-02] >>> >>>Since posting this comment, I have used some of the Waitzkin tutorials, and >>>tried the Rate your chess feature, as well as a few of Larry Evens and John Nunn >>>problems. The program is very rich in all these different tutorials, and is >>>very challenging for me as a USCF Life Master with a FIDE rating of 2184. >>> >>>I found it significantly better organized then previous versions of the same >>>program. I do reccomend the following improvements for the next version >>>though; >> >>Many thanks for your kind words and your wonderful post. To comment on some of >>your suggestions below: >> >>> >>>1: Make the 2d boards resizable using the drag & drop via the right mouse key. >>>(In fact, please make all windows resizable via draging). >> >>The True3D boards are all resizeable, via the mouse-wheel or the PgUp/PgDn keys. >>I suggest trying one of the "flat" 3D sets and rotating the board so that it is >>"2D". Almost all windows in the program are also resizeable, just like a typical >>window in any other Windows program. As far as I know, the only windows that >>are not resizeable are the Visual Thinking and the Shortcuts windows. >> > >My Visual Thinking window is resizeable on a 2-d board setting. > >jorge I highly doubt it. Are you sure you are talking about the "Visual Thinking" window? The one with the miniature chess board and the three radio buttons that say "White", "Black" and "Mentor"? If so, then please send me directions on how you were able to accomplish this, and a screenshot if possible. jm
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