Author: Joe McCarron
Date: 18:05:51 04/27/98
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On April 27, 1998 at 08:34:18, Dan Homan wrote: >On April 27, 1998 at 04:45:26, Graham Laight wrote: > >>I appreciate that this poll would be more difficult to set up, but I'd >>like to know what chess computers people have, and how they rate them in >>terms of fun. >> >>I think that fun is tremendously important in a game. If a chess program >>is no fun - if it just beats you easily no matter how hard you try - >>it's not going to encourage you to play the game. >> >>On the other hand, if it is genuinely able to span the full range of >>abilities, (and not jump from "much too easy" to "much too difficult" >>between 2 levels), and play at your level at your time control, then >>this is going to be a great machine to play with. >> >>How many chess players can honestly say that they would have developed >>their skills in the game if their only experiences were either >>ridiculously easy wins, or defeat that was way above them? > >I recently purchased PowerChess 98. (I saw it for $15.00 at Computer >City) >I have to say that playing the power chess king has been the most >fun I've had playing a computer chess program. It really does seem >to adapt to your strength and time control. I've enjoyed lots >of other chess programs (including writing my own), but Power Chess >is fun because of the adaptive style... the king "remembers" you and >evolves with your play. It is a lot of fun - sort of a continuing >grudge match :) > - Dan Dan I agree with you. Power chess has very few features but the ones it does have are very nice.
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