Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:35:31 08/12/04
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On August 12, 2004 at 21:30:10, Mike Byrne wrote: >1. Engine is exactly the same as 10K demo - enjoy the free upgrade. I'll buy the program anyway. We should all give Johan his cut if we're going to use his engine. (or, of course, you can simply send Johan a check :-). >2. So far one WIn2K blue screen of death. WIN2K is not offically supported, >your mileage may vary. The blue screen occured while fiddling with the boards. > >3. Once again, the expert board is probably the best board for serious players. > One neat feature is board resizing by using the page-up/down key -- I don't >know if that worked in CM9K. This feature was available in CM9K. >4. Game databases are updated with games through 2004. > >5. All the CM9K tutorials are there plus a couple of new ones. I don't know if >you would be happy or disappointed. CM9K was very good, but I was hoping for a >tad more. As expected. >6. The colores/skins/boards seem to be step down from CM9K. For example, there >are only 4 skins available, but 2 of them required rate game wins of 20 or more. > Bad idea. So you have the dark blue ,dreary looking CM10K demo skin or a >godawful 'casual' skin orange and red skin. I agree -- awful idea. I wouldn't mind "unlocking" certain tournaments or personalities, but unlocking parts of the interface seems silly. >7. Full install takes about 2GB. Comes on 3 CD's. As before. >8. Still plays one mean game of chess. Also as before, only better! jm
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