Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 23:36:35 11/18/99
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Yeah, it has some items that are improved over CM6000. It is prettier. But where is the 'Rate Your Game' feature, and there is some other stuff that seems decidely un-improved over CM6000. So, if you escape the bugs, and your a chess addict! like me, you want to have this program. But if your a more (normal), human, then much thought has to be done, between this, CM6000, or perhaps some other chess playing, and/or tutorial type chess program. As Mozart said in the movie, 'Amadaeus', "They are all so beautifull!, how can I possibly decide between (all the different wigs), I'll just have to have them all! Regards, Larry T. 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. > > 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.
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