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Subject: Re: I Cannot Believe This...

Author: James Robertson

Date: 12:03:34 09/13/99

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On September 13, 1999 at 06:57:05, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Yes the GUI is dreadful and the analysis functions are poor (hopefully improved
>in CM 7000), but have you played with the engine - it's excellent.  The King
>2.61 is one of the most aggressive and tactically aware programs available.

I really like the GUI (I only have CM5500, but I assume the two are similar),
although I agree the analysis functions are bad. Also, it takes forever to load
on my machine, so I don't use it much.

Anyway, it is a very nice program, and I can't understand the fuss about it.

James

>
>Steve
>
>On September 13, 1999 at 05:57:49, rich wrote:
>
>>Just got myself chessmaster 6000.It's bad.It's horrible.It really is the mother
>>of all toy programs.
>>Consider it's opening book.Small.inaccurate.horrible.
>>And I have never in my life seen such a horrible analysis function.
>>I can understand that a lot of people buy it, since it is usually the only
>>chessprog you see in the stores, but some people like it ??!???
>>A lot of sick people out there...



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