Author: Jorge
Date: 15:57:31 09/16/02
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On September 16, 2002 at 15:38:09, John Merlino wrote: >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 No, i am talking about the window that displays Depth, Thinking moves, EVAL, etc. i am pretty sure that was the Visual Thinking window. Maybe we are talking about different windows, if so, my apologies. jorge
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