Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 07:32:29 12/31/01
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On December 31, 2001 at 10:23:03, Robert Pope wrote: >And there are plenty of weak commercial programs out there, written essentially >to be able to say, "and it plays chess, too." Even Microsoft has a chess >program that is not very strong. Also, look in the bargain bin at your software >store and you will certainly find a "1000 pc games" CD that has chess on it. It >is commercial and nowhere near the strength of the other 3. > >Plus, you list Chessmaster 8000, but there are places to still buy Chessmaster >4000, which should be weaker. I thought that it would be common sense to just consider the latest versions of the weakest commercial chess programs. The reason for having this match is to award a yearly winner, and probably force these programmers to work harder in order to avoid being on the list every year.
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