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Subject: Re: Very Easy Why Some People Hate Chessmaster

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 04:40:28 12/11/98

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On December 11, 1998 at 07:31:55, Micheal Cummings wrote:

>Fine that it has good database and all the bells and whistles you want, that
>CM6K does not have.
>But deep down when you use it to play chess and analyse games, you will think
>from all that you read on CCC about CM6K being the strong and maybe the
>strongest, you will think to yourself, well this is great, I have all the best
>features I want in a program, but I do not have the best engine to go along with
>it.That is sitting in a cheap CM6K program. And those people are going to hate
>that.

IMHO Fritz/Junior has the best analysis features beside Rebel. For blundercheck
and database analysis get one of them or even both. If you STUDY chess, analyze
a little longer some positions or need a good hint for your correspondence game,
then use MCP, Hiarcs or the King.

>I want a strong and the best engine. I really doubt that the serious player
>would use all database functions in everyone of the many programs they have.

Not the database functions but the analysis functions.
And concerning strength, I repeat myself: all engines have the same strength.
You would see that if you play >500 games each between the TOP10 programs (incl.
the King of course).
They only differ in style.




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