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Subject: to John Merlino about CM10K

Author: Cliff Sears

Date: 06:08:49 11/08/02


 Hi John,

 Love the new Chessmaster version!  Ben studing my old Bobby Fischer's "60
 Memerable Games" in Descriptive Notation and use the database feature to move
 the game ahead - fun!

 I have a couple of ideas for the next version and feel free to tell me if they
 are stupid or not.  I am a low rated player who just enjoys the game for fun.

 1) ADD VARIATION FEATURE THAT LETS ONE EXPLORE DIFFERENT LINES (LIKE VARIOUS
 SUGGESTIONS IN MENTOR WINDOW) WITHOUT ALTERING CURRENT GAME.  THIS WILL HELP
 STUDY ALL THE VARIATIONS SUGGESTED IN CHESS STUDY VOLUMES. ALSO, WHEN USING
THIS
 FEATURE, COULD A NUMERICAL VALUE BE CALCULATED TO THE VARIATION (FOR ONE
 SUGGESTED IN A BOOK BUT NOT IN A MENTOR LINE)

 2) SET THE NATURAL LANGUAGE ADVICE TO AT LEAST 8 HOURS.  I LIKE THE FRIENDLY
 VERBIAGE WHEN STUDYING A GAME.

 3) COULD MORE VERBIAGE AND VARIATIONS BE SHOWN OR CALCULATED IN THE "EXPLAIN
 EVERY MOVE" COACH WINDOW?

 P.S.  DO NOT REMOVE A THING FROM CM9000.  I LOVE THE ADDED FEATURES.  ALSO
THANK
 YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUPPORTING DESCRIPTIIVE NOTATION. I STUDY FROM MANY OLDER
 BOOKS.

 P.S.2 IS THERE A WAY TO ADD A PHOTOGRAPH TO A NEWLY CREATED PERSONALITY?

 THANK YOU,

 CLIFF



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