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Subject: Re: Very Easy Why Some People Hate Chessmaster

Author: Dan Kiski

Date: 05:30:24 12/11/98

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

>It is really very easy.
>
>Lets just say that you buy the new Fritz 5.32 or any new program for that
>matter, and you spend three to fours times as much on that program, than if you
>bought CM6K
>
From what I have seen Fritz 5.32 can be had for $49.95 and the lowest I have
seen the cm6k is $24.95 so double seems about right.

>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.
>
>They want to spend money and will want to have the best. They want the best
>features and the best engine to go along with that. Not have some cheap program
>with less features being stronger than their program. Especially if in the past
>that program was considered a Joke among the other programs and people.
>
>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.
>
>It all comes down to you cannot stand what has been a joke of a program in the
>past to be maybe better in playing strength than your current programs you have
>and spent way more money on.
>
>You can talk about all the Database and other functions that make a chess
>programs great.
>But lets face it, most people buy a certain chess program because they want to
>have the strongest engine, so they can analyse and play against themselves and
>other computers to win. We all want to win, that is the point of chess.
>And so you can have one better over someone else because you have a stronger
>program than what they do and hopefully see something their program cannot see
>in analysis because their engine is weaker..
>
>Simply put, if you think you have the best and you do not, then you have to
>defend yourself in order to not look like a fool in front of anyone else.
>
>It a matter of pride in a program you tust to help you improve your chess. And
>you want the best for that.
>
>And if CM6K is the best, well that will not sit well with some people who think
>their program is the best, and thus will make out that CM6K is rubbish.
>
>As I said, people can rubbish CM6K all they want and try and make out because it
>is lacking with some features it does not deserve to be among the strong
>programs, And I think that is what some people on here have been doing.



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