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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ChessMaster 2000
Message-ID: <1064@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 09:41:52 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1064
Posted: Sat Dec  6 09:41:52 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 8-Dec-86 20:44:55 EST
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Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <821@ulowell.UUCP> DAN09697@NUACC.BITNET (Daniel G. Rabe) writes:
>I've been greatly impressed with ChessMaster 2000's chess-playing ability.
>I have been terribly disappointed with its tendency to crash, and with what
>I feel is an inferior user interface.
...
> -- If you hit the mouse button when it's not your turn to move, CM2000
>    puts up a big window saying "It's not your turn".  This window does
>    not go away until CM2000 moves, obstructing your view of part of the
>    board.

	On the version I've seen, all you have to do is click the mouse off
of the board somewhere, and the error message goes away...

	My biggest gripe is that there isn't an option for plain black and
white pieces - I want to see those enemy pieces.  Maybe if it would just
flash threatening pieces in red, that would help, huh 8-)

	Also, the 3-d board is cute, but a pain in the ass to pick up the
pieces on.  A window that didn't obscure the board, but would display the
last n moves in chess notation would be nice too...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)