Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:23:52 10/18/99
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On October 18, 1999 at 08:49:19, Tony Schleizer wrote: >On October 17, 1999 at 21:41:27, Mike Tucker wrote: > >>I have read some bad post on this new Chessmaster and I don't understand why. I >>have this program as well as the CM 6000 and it is as least as good. The major >>difference is that the front screen have a different look to them. But there >>are more custom boards and I generally like it better. No install problems like >>some people say. Thumbs up. > >I agree. I like the new GUI more than CM6K and had no problems with >the install. > >I have only come across two bugs. The first in the rating tests and >the second with the database. When taking the rating tests, when I get >a problem wrong I cannot go back to try another move or move onto the next >problem and thus have to exit the test. With the database I have the >odd problem that if I try to enter the database from anything but the >main menu screen, I cannot do a search. I consider those minor problems >which don't really alter my opinion of the game. It would be nice if >it had a new engine. The rating test is designed, apparently, so that you get only one crack at each question. Of course, you CAN do what you are doing (just starting over), but I think that the point is not to get them all correct, but to discover where your strengths and weaknesses are. If all you want to know are the correct answers, then they are also available as a separate tutorial.... jm
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