Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:10:17 09/16/02
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On September 16, 2002 at 18:57:31, Jorge wrote: >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 Those are the "Thinking Lines" and "Mentor Lines" windows, and they ARE supposed to be resizeable. jm
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