02 Jun '13 15:16>
I've dusted off my old copy of chessmaster 9000 in order to play a G30 tournament against the personalities, and I've come across the "classroom" element of the programme. I ignored this bit when I first had the game out around a decade ago, I'm working through the basic tuition, pins, skewers and the like at the moment. The stuff is really good, and the presentation, with chessmaster making the moves against you is great. I'm already finding it more complete and enjoyable than chessimo. There appears to be some really good endgame stuff coming up in the intermediate section, and the Josh section seems to have some informative annotated games. All in all, a bargain. Hours and hours of instruction for less than a tenner!
I'll come back and give a better review once I get into the meatier stuff later on. As it is, I'm trying to work through the material in order.
Has anybody else found the programme useful as an instructional aid?
I'll come back and give a better review once I get into the meatier stuff later on. As it is, I'm trying to work through the material in order.
Has anybody else found the programme useful as an instructional aid?