Author: Tina Long
Date: 16:25:34 11/19/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 01:37:25, Georg Langrath wrote: >Warning. Don't say that you like Chessmaster 7000. You can be hated for that! :) WRONG! > >Georg > > > >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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