Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 03:30:10 12/17/98
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On December 17, 1998 at 02:31:19, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >Chessmaster6000 is a better Toy than a lot of the other programs out there. > >True, its opening book editor is a joke, but I don't use it, and I don't know >many people (or chess player's), who use the opening books editor in the >programs they do own anyway. In fact the Fritz5 default book is so excellent I >am plenty happy with it. Even though I also own the 'power book', & with just a >few mouse clicks, I could import all of the Chess Base Magazine stuff into the >standard one. I guess I'm not any kind of 'serious chess player' or student by >Komputer Korner's standards! > >Yes, CM6000 could benifit immensly from analysis in watch mode, no doubt. > >Features I like about this excellent toy; > >1. Rate my play. I still haven't memorized these games completely, my memory is >so bad, but I (still),find this feature very challenging. > >2. Josh Waitzkins voice annotated games. True, I don't like JW. He was mean to >me in a face to face blitz game in front of his friends. But this feature is >intriguing. I enjoy his lecture's, even though I'm not too crazy about him. > >3. A wide verity of time control posibilities, and the capability to change the >value of pieces & way the program plays agianst you. (So called CM5500 or CM6500 >settings?) > >4. 64 chess unique chess personalities or one's you set yourself. I haven't >really tried this out, but my girlfriend likes this feature so much, (She seems >to like the 'Wendy' personality best!), that it is currently the only program >she will play. (She used to like Fritz5, because of the handicap features). > >5. Much improved database features, with 400,000+ games in TascBase format. If >you own Tascbase as well, it is a good combination, since it is so inexpensive. > >6. The King chess engine, in my random test, has solved tactics 'crunch >positons' faster than any other chess program I own. I don't claim that this is >the objective truth, but it does seem that way to me. > >7. It creates its own topic! Just say CM6000, and people seem to get very >worked up about it:) I think the only other program that Komputer Korner 'has it >in for', as much right now, is Convetka's, 'Encyclopidia Of Middlegames' Call me >crazy, but I like them both. > >All chess software has its limitations & faults, but if it doesn't crash as soon >as you boot it up, (Power Chess, anyone?), and it performs to some extent as it >is designed, then it has its worth... > >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! A very good post clear precise and to the point !!
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