whats a spec? There was no time control. They thought for as long as they wanted. I transfered the different moves back and forth, because I was running them at sepetrately

Anyone know what the time control they played with, and or what specs the computers had?

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Chessmaster started out well.  Then, it seems to me, that Chessmaster just did not understand what needed to done in the middle game (I am not claiming that I know what should have been done in the middle game). 

Really a pretty interesting game until chessmaster loses a piece. CM goes for good static value in his pawn structure, Fritz plays dynamic chess... and the dynamic chess wins convincingly!

20.Nxe7+ and I think chessmaster is still ok... although his Na4 would still look awfully dim. Fritz's 20...Bd6 is quite simple, but I think it seals white's fate, I don't see how white can save the N after Bd6.

why did chessmaster play so badly?

Thanks for the game, so it is 1-1 now.

In this game Fritz 8 dominated through out the game.