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Subject: Re: To John Merlino, should I buy CM9000

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 14:36:55 11/13/02

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On November 13, 2002 at 15:50:08, Edwin Wigmore wrote:

>I'm sorry if this puts you on the spot John, but I'm a bit cheesed off.
>
>I had been a great fan of the Fritz series having bought every copy from 3 to 6.
>Then I became interested in Chessmaster and bought 7000 and 8000.
>
>I had intended to stay with Chessmaster and was about to buy 9000.  A big part
>of the reason for this is because if there was a problem, with you there I was
>confident it would be sorted out.
>
>Now I am in a quandry.  I don't know why they let you go, but it does definitely
>influence the way I fee about Chessmaster, largely because the program (While I
>really like it) does have more than it's fair share of bugs in the initial
>releases.
>
>So now I am swaying heavily towards Fritz 8 which, with the new board layouts
>looks absolutely superb and has very good features for analysis etc.
>
>So darn it, if I put you on the spot sorry, but.... if you were me would you buy
>CM9000 or should I look elsewhere?
>
>Cheers and all the best for the future.  Very sorry that things haven't worked
>out.
>
>Edwin

I feel that different engines serve different needs.  As an overnight analysis
tool, Fritz7 has served me well.

But for playing against the computer, CM is clearly superior IMHO.

Bob D.



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