(It is sort of like having to put away your trusty bicycle because the roads were 'upgraded' to eliminate the bicycle lanes.) My purpose in taking the time to write this set of instructions is to see what fun you can still have with your old bicycle (I mean: programs) and not have to spend your money for something faster. Some new features are always nice, but the main reason to upgrade is to make sure that your old program still runs on the new computer that you just bought.
Now, I need to say that computer programs are constantly upgraded, basically for you to spend your money on, even if you don't need a 'Lamborghini' to drive to the grocery store. Thus, you will find BoBo, the monkey, rated 1 at the bottom of the list of all the players that CM offers to you as opponents. This could be done by going to the tutorial sections of CM 7000 itself (I'll abbreviate Chessmaster as CM from now on.) In Chessmaster 6000 the lowest player was rated 320 (on the Elo scale) when Chessmaster 7000 for Microsoft Windows 95-98 appeared in 2002, the 'Kids' room' was introduced in the program and lower-rated opponents became available for beginners to start playing the chess as soon as they learned the moves. The monkey in Chessmaster is the lowest-rated opponent with whom you can play a game. HOW TO GET TO PLAY A GAME WITH THE MONKEY IN CHESSMASTER 9000
