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Subject: Re: Can anybody tell me why chessmaster 6000 is so bad ?

Author: Steve

Date: 18:58:21 12/30/98

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On December 30, 1998 at 14:18:51, rich wrote:

>I expected cm 6000 to act in a serious and proffessional way.
>Sadly, it is still a programme for little children.(compare with fritz and
>rebel).CM6000 has an inadequate opening book, there are bugs everywhere, and the
>tutorials are only for beginners.Also CMlive(mplayer.com)is so slow and
>frustrating that I deleted it after trying once.
>The only thing I like are Waitszszszszkins annotated games.
>Also analyzing a game with cm 6000 is hopeless.
>Has anyone noticed that CM sometimes starts to think when it still is in the
>book ? ( for example after e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 cd Nxd4 Nf6 Nc3 g6 Be3)
>I'm very disappointed at CM 6000. Does anyone feel the same way ?
>It seems that mindscape has a lot to learn.

I am puzzled as to why any deficiencies (real or perceived) in CM6000's opening
book would be significant. CM6000, like the other top programs, has a feature
that permits you to set up any opening position you want and play the game out
from there. Am I overlooking something here?



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