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Subject: Re: "Grandmaster Chess"

Author: José Carlos

Date: 22:51:56 03/25/01

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On March 25, 2001 at 21:57:50, Pete Galati wrote:

>On March 25, 2001 at 21:47:02, Lin Harper wrote:
>
>>   Just browsing Ebay auctions, software section.
>>   Someone's got a copy of 'Grandmaster Chess' from Capstone, and
>>  describes it as 'phenomenally strong'.  LOL
>>   This program is a piece of garbage that was weak even in it's day,
>>  about seven years ago. Today it would'nt stand a chance against most
>>  of the freeware engines.
>
>Hmmmm, I thought Grandmaster Chess was a version of Sargon, which was pretty
>tough in it's day.  It's not?
>
>We do have some pretty tough freeware these days.
>
>Pete

  If I remember well, it's a version of Zarkov 3, and it's actually pretty weak
compared to actual software. But it was strong in its time.

  José C.



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