Author: Cliff Sears
Date: 04:43:08 08/16/04
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Have they improved the handling of Winboard Engines? Have they added anything like Fritz has such as Kibitz windows for additional engines? Have they made it simpler to get CM to analyse as you move through a study game? I found it awkward in previous CM's to set up two player infinite analysis Is the game analysis the same as before? On August 15, 2004 at 22:51:51, Peter Skinner wrote: >Well I purchased Chessmaster 10k at Walmart today for $54.95 CDN. Not bad >really. > >After playing a few games against the weaker personalities I have noticed they >are _weaker_ than the ones in CM9000. > >After 5 games I have a rating of 1845 which is 745 over what it should be :) > >I had a terrible time playing the lower personalities in CM9000 yet I am able to >trash the ones in CM10K. > >The "Mentor" or "helper" application only seems to work in the opening, and not >the whole game. This I found odd. > >On a good note I love the new interface, and the installation options. While the >game comes as 3 cds, you can only use the first cd and run everything else from >the cd's themselves. That I liked a bunch. > >I will play around a bit more and see if I can find anything I like/dislike and >decide whether or not to feed the cds to the shredder (not the chess program >;)). > >The main Chessmaster engine does seem stronger. > >I only bought it to support Johan. That is all. > >Peter
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