Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:38:13 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 17:08:42, Alex wrote: >I have Chessmaster 6000 and enjoying playing chess on it off and on-line. I am >thinking of updating it to Cm7000 but what I would like to knoW is: > >Is Cm7000 really THAT MUCH BETTER than cm6000. Is it worth updating? It depends on what features you use in CM6000, or what you thought was lacking in CM6000. The engine is the same, as well as the basic feature set. But here's a quick summary of the new stuff in CM7K: 1) A new interface that divides up the functions of the program into "rooms". Some people like this, some don't. 2) New tutorials and drills, accessed via a "Curriculum" window that breaks all teaching features down into categories to make them easier to find. There are many new Josh Games (12 -- but 9 of them are for the new "Kids Room"), and a new "Rating Exam" written by Bruce Pandolfini. The drills start very simple (find check, find the fork, mate in 1) but can be very difficult (the mate in 2 drills are brutal -- the development team told me they were very pleased when Josh Waitzkin only got 8 out of 10 after spending about 20 minutes on them). 3) Internet play via TCP/IP, LAN or modem (the painful MPlayer support still exists). 4) An integrated (and actually useful) opening book editor. 5) Larger database (now just over 500,000 games), and about 100 more "Classic" games annotated by Larry Evans. 6) The aforementioned "Kids Room", with boards and piece sets that are designed for the young beginner (I've been told that this room is designed for kids 6 to 12). That's just what I can think of off the top of my head right now. Go to chessmaster.com for the feature summary. jm
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