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Subject: Re: Komputer Korner calls Chessmaster 6000 a TOY program

Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)

Date: 23:14:46 12/16/98

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>>the capability of analyzing in player player mode with the engine showing on
>>screen analysis and score eval while taking back and moving forward moves, then
>>ChessMaster will still remain a toy program. This is the single most important
>>feature in chess programs which all the high end programs have.
>
>I do not agree that it is so important.
>I use take back and switch sides instead of analyzing in player player mode.
>
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Note that a macro package might be used to make the "take back and switch sides"
approach easier. On the Mac, I use QuicKeys for things like this,
and I see QuicKeys is now available for Windows, though I haven't used it.
There's a 30-day downloadable Windows demo at:
http://www.cesoft.com/quickeys/qkw/qkwhome.html

I find a lot of chess programs work more nicely after a little modification
one way or another. For example, Gif-gIf-giF (at www.peda.com) is useful
for recording the evolution of the PVs for programs that don't log this
information conveniently. Gif-gIf-giF is available for both Mac and Windows.

Richard A. Fowell





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