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Subject: Re: Chessmaster 6000 is awsome.

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 22:35:51 10/30/98

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On October 30, 1998 at 23:23:51, Kevin Mulloy wrote:

>Dear Friends at CCC,
>    I just read several of the postings concerning Chessmaster 6000. I recently
>purchased a copy of this program myself and I am very impressed.  I have
>purchased every program in this line since Chessmaster 2100 and I believe that
>"Mindscape" (formerly known as the "Software Toolworks") has produced another
>fantastic product.  I found some bugs that were annoying in 5500, fixed in 6000.
> For example: go into CM 5000 or 5500 and design your own custom board with
>black and white squares.  Then, select the large red and beige staunton
>pieces to add to the board -- you'll notice that the pieces look like they are
>covered with spider webs whenever a piece is placed on a white square.  I made a
>custom board set up as soon as I had the 6000 out of the box to see if this had
>in fact been fixed.  They did not disappoint me!  To me I feel that CM 6000
>fills a definate niche.  It is true that many of the advanced players will not
>learn too much from this program, but everyone from beginner to expert class
>will find more chess then they will ever beat!  Picking a personality with a
>face attached to it was also a nice touch -- not a serious tool, but a fun one!
>I have made a rather extensive collection of professional software and all of
>them -- including CM6000 -- can beat me quite easily in anything that resembles
>a speed game or a championship game.  I have some high level draws and some wins
>at Postal game speeds against these machines.  But what I have most of all is a
>grand collection of nearly a dozen different teachers (I speak most of the
>professional programs)that can play at the Master level.  That gives me a chance
>to learn about what each opponent can do and what the games can teach me.  I
>have used these tools at the local elementary school as well as at the county
>College.  My opinion?  I am greatful for the work that guys like Marty Hirsch
>has contributed to my enjoyment of playing chess.  Keep up the good work, guys
>-- I'll keep buying and learning until I can beat one of the top programs at
>tournament time controles, or I run out of money, or I die an ever improving
>player.  Again, Thanks for the work  Trapper

What has Marty Hirsch have to do with CM6000?

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Komputer Korner



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