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Subject: Re: I Cannot Believe This...

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 16:08:43 09/13/99

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On September 13, 1999 at 17:20:28, Andrew Williams wrote:

>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...
>
>Please don't take this the wrong way. Would you consider, when writing a
>message like this, giving some examples of what you mean? Some of the
>criticisms you make must surely be a matter of taste, but you do say:
>"Small.inaccurate.horrible" about CM6000's opening book. Could you give
>an example or examples? That way we could have an interesting discussion.
>I'm not a person who would buy a chess program, so I don't really care, but it
>just seems a bit silly to say things like this without giving any basis for your
>opinion.
>
>Regards
>
>Andrew

Look through the archives.  I believe I once posted a scathing critique of the
opening book editor. :-)

Dave



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