Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 14:47:11 04/15/00
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On April 15, 2000 at 17:19:40, Aleyda Molina wrote: >I am pondering on buying a chess program for a 233 MHz Pentium II MMX processor >with 32 Megs of onboard memory. I have the THE SSDF RATING LIST 2000-04-07 and >in it it has Fritz and Junior 6's and Chess Tiger, one, two, and three, >respectively. > >My question is which one of these should I buy, or which one is better than >these? (Basically, which is the best?) > >I would also favor buying the one that is least prone to crashing and which >could cooperate with other running programs. > >Thanks in advance for ANY help. I would strongly recommend you also upgrade your RAM, 128 MB would be optimal to run Windows 9x and any other applications. As for the program, get the one which suits your need. It's a personal opinion, it's like buying a new car, different people will have different saying about what's the best car. I betcha you one could never agree what is the best car ever designed outthere. So the same applies to chess engines, each has its own little weaknesses and strengths. I would personally recommend Fritz, not because it's number 1 in the SSDF list, it's because of its playing style, it's very agressive and very solid for a chess engine. It will always look for ways to open up a position, and create tactical threats. Because my style is totally opposite of Fritz, I find that I can learn more from it. True, someone will argue that Chess System Tal II or MChess Pro is more agressive than Fritz, but, it's not very solid as Fritz is. Laurence
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