Author: Reynolds Takata
Date: 00:54:17 12/05/98
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On December 05, 1998 at 01:39:21, Mike Saavedra wrote: >I agree that large DB's being useless for players of my level, Mr Takata. >Nonetheless, Fritz have superior DB FEATURES and seaching abilities, not DB >themselves. I hardly use Fritz DB features to study openings (I actually avoid >and hate studying openings). I focus mostly on playing(ICC,OTB,Computer), >studying, and annotating MY own games using Fritz and reading chess >instructional books. I store my games in DATABASES and award medals for easy >retreval. Apart from storing my own Database, DB features are used for viewing >Exeter's Chess Club's Canon in CBH, Lopez' Battle Royale, and Claude Kabers >excellent Tactics Training with varying themes and difficulties. All these tools >are not over my head and have helped me with my scope and ideas. I agree that >giant databases are useless for someone in my level and I don't bother with non >or poor annotated games. I cannot do many of these functions easily, or at all, >with CM6000. >I think that CM6000 "was not meant for pro's". I don't think that professionals >is Mindscape's target market, rather they are trying to sell to patzers like >myself ;). Nonetheless, I do not doubt that the program is strong enough to >challenge Pro's as an opponent. I also enjoy CM's personalities. After I play a >game on CM, i change it to PGN, and to my Fritz personal DB it goes! None of the above is in question, the initial arguement as i said before, was against the claim, that pros have no use for CM, which is false, because CM can and i'm sure does play a role in training for strong players. Anything else in the previous post was just extra chit chat that wasn't concerning this main point, which is all that the debate concers. That being can CM have a role for strong players, and the answer is a definite yes. Is not a question as to whether pros are being targeted, but rather if CM can serve a role in the strong players arsenal of tools.
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