Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 10:39:01 09/17/99
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Yes, the program is much like a simplified version of Chess Genius 2. It is missing a lot of the flexability of the 'real program', and seems to be there (mostly), so that people can plan from the positons from Fischer's games. (Not a bad way to work on one's technique:)). Fred Wilson's Book, 'A Picture History Of Chess', Dover, 1981, (Sadly, out of print, it is one of the best Books of chess photo's with player history ever written), Is an exact scan of every page. It does certainly make the product worth owning for the pictures alone, exacept that since it dates from back in '81, it is missing all chess history after Karpov. But that just argues for Fred to write a new volume for this era, and does not be-little the wonderfull contents of this book. It is a pleasure to read on a large monitor, with good resolution, but in the BFTC program has very limited search capeability. If you can find the book, your in better luck. Maybe Fred has a few copies of his own book? - Try (212)533-6381 to speak to the man himself. The tutorial is exactly as in the book, except (if I remember correctly), the program speaks out the problem that has to be solved & gives you a smilely face when you complete it correctly. IMO, in this way it is even better then the book itself, especially for kids, or those completely new to chess. Of course for experienced chess people (anything above USCF 1300), the tutorial is just about useless. For 'New' player's though, it is certainly a great program, the one to get before getting the TASC tutor CD, which is outstanding for the price (about $65), and very advanced, and for 1300 (Maybe higer on the front end?) - 2300 level). Larry - the Chess software/Book addict! On September 17, 1999 at 04:04:49, O. Veli wrote: > Does anybody know what the playing program in this CD is? It looks >like a weakened Chess Genius from the screenshot, but I am not sure. What >are the pictures in it like? I remember a review stating that the CD was >worth for the pictures alone. What is the tutorial like? Is it just the >book or has any new features been added to the book while translating it to >the CD? Any reviews on this will be appreciated.
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