Author: Tina Long
Date: 19:22:03 11/18/99
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On November 18, 1999 at 19:50:30, ShaktiFire wrote: >Well I have had chessmaster 7000 since it came out. >Before that I had chessmaster 5000, forgoing the 5500 and 6000 upgrades. >What I like about it: > >1. The rooms format is very nice...game room, class room, etc. > >2. The bathroom tile (off color white) looks nice. > >3. For a 1500 player , the tutorials are excellent. I have learned > very much listening to Josh Waitzkin describing his games. I also > have learned a bit from the Pandolfini lectures. > >4. I download the games I play from fics, analyze them with chess mentor > and see my missed moves, etc. > >5. I have a database of my games played on fics, icc. I am not quite so > sure on how to use this to improve my play, but still, it is a record > of all my games.... surely I can use this as a learning tool. > >6. The new database has 500,000 games and is much better than my old CM5000. > >I have had no problems on my system like some others have had. > >The only thing I don't like is that when I want chess advise, it doesnt do >a running "history" of the eval like it does when I set up a position and >set up infinite time eval. > >Complaints I have heard. > > 1. No engine upgrade from CM6000. Well CM6000 was NO. 2 on the SSDF list > and to improve the engine at that level is not so straightforward. The complaint is: although the King Engine (as used in CM6k) has been upgraded regularly since CM6k was released, the CM people did not do a new deal with the Author to purchase the latest version. We (I) don't know if that was the CM peoples or the Authors fault. I have King 2.61 engine in my CM6k program. I won't buy CM7k (as features have not improved from 6k enough to justify my buying, AND possible computer/driver problems. I probably will buy King 3.? in whatever form it reaches the market. > > 2. Bugs, crashes, corrupting other drivers... I have had no such problems. > > 3. Geared to kids. How so? A new kids room, but even there I enjoyed the > Waitzkin games when he was learning at my level (1500). > >For $20.00 upgrade from CM5000, this was a great deal. I really have >IM, GM type advise on how to improve my game. I agree, that's a great deal (if you disregard possible Computer problems - and they don't apply to you). CM6k upgrade to CM7k is less of a great deal (unless you value the prettiness, and kiddy bits that have been added). Going from nothing to CM7k is a $ great deal. Going from nothing to CM6k is a better & safer $ deal.
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