Author: walter irvin
Date: 05:40:05 10/11/99
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On October 11, 1999 at 06:43:46, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 11, 1999 at 06:38:46, Didzis Cirulis wrote: > >> >>>How is the opening book editor, database, any new personalities worth looking >>>at, what about any new features ???? >>> >>>Better or worse than CM6K. How about some positive comments !!!! >> >>Positive comments? Ok.... here we go: >> >>If I have to say, my answer is that CM7000 it is better then CM6000. >>Better for me as a user: >> >>1) I have not find any serious bugs this far. Just those usual ones in >>tutorials. Maybe there is still something bad to discover, but this far OK. >> >>2) After some days of use, I like CM7000's interface more than that of CM6000. >>It has everything required for "chess playing family" now. maybe i'm crazy but i simply will not buy a upgrade to a program unless the engine has also been made stronger .for me the engine is the heart and sole of a chess program .i would have bought CM7000 if it had no gui if the engine was stronger .even if i had to enter the moves in like (e2-e4) .until the engine is made stronger i'll wait . >>As for me, I like this division by rooms - it resembles my chess club, "Riga >>Chess School", a lot ;-) >> >>3)Now, when I have discovered for me how to handle epd pos and fen files, this >>is not a problem any more. (See my message about Thoughts, tips and >>work-arounds). >> >>4) No more "I am the next Fischer" problem. >> >>5)Separate Player statistics for Bullet, Blitz and Standard. >> >>In a couple of words: I see that Mindscape team has done a lot to make a good >>chess program for a whole family. This is done nicely. If I have not read about >>Michael's problems, I would say it is great, right on the target, chess product. >>And I still say it is great as it revives my desire to improve my own chess. >> >>Still I am looking for the upgrade, from good to perfect. ;-) >> >>Didzis Cirulis > >From what I have seen, I agree, if I did not have the problems I had, I would be >using it instead of CM6K. I too think the rooms make it more interesting and >fun. Its just a shame that the only system I can get to use it on is on a really >slow system which makes me get pissed off and I leave it.
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