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Subject: Re: Ruffian 2.0 will include a linux version too!

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 08:32:35 11/21/03

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On November 21, 2003 at 10:04:55, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On November 21, 2003 at 09:16:21, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>
>>Maybe Faile (http://faile.sourceforge.net/) would be something? I think it is
>>somewhere between TSCP and GNUchess.
>
>Faile is not very strong, and probably has great pedagocical value for
>beginners (the source code is very clear and readable).  The problem is
>that it (like most small and simple programs) suffers from a certain
>lack of personality which makes it boring to play against.  This is a
>highly subjective opinion, of course.
>
>I occasionally use Faile as a sparring partner, but it is not among my
>favorites.
>
>Tord


Interesting observation.  Then, by all means, get Fortress by Alessandro
Damiani. An intelligent bitbased program with attack tables, suffers probably
from perhaps too _much_ personality:-)  You'll like it a lot, I am positive.  I
do, all humans do. It plays like a human, pulls tricks like a human, errs like a
human. Fortresss is not the strongest of programs, but it does have what you
want:  character and distinct personality.

Djordje



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