Author: Michael Agnos
Date: 21:57:53 10/10/03
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On October 10, 2003 at 12:11:30, Tord Romstad wrote: >On October 10, 2003 at 05:36:02, ludicrous wrote: > >>CSTal 2 is the one program you CANNOT be without. > >Yes. CSTal is still the best (not strongest) chess program I have ever played >against. Clearly a "must have" for any Windows computer chess enthusiast >who actually likes to *play* against the programs, rather than just running >engine-engine matches and using the programs as analysis tools. > >Tord Yes! I completely agree. I have Fritz 7 and Chessmaster 6000, but for pure playing pleasure, CSTal is the most fun because of its almost human style of play. This is *not* to say CSTal is easy to beat, however. Without severely crippling it, CSTal has beaten me every time, (except for a few draws by repetition.) Here's an interesting essay by the developer of CSTal, Chris Whittington, describing his programming methods: http://www.thorstenczub.de/complcss2.html It seems to me that with more developement, CSTal could be a world beater! warm regards, Mike in California
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