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Subject: Re: Chess system tal 2

Author: Shep

Date: 09:06:11 09/27/02

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On September 27, 2002 at 09:44:38, Alain Lyrette wrote:

>Just bought CST2 for 10$ can.It came with Omar Sheriff pro bridge 2 and Go
>professional 2 and is distributed by Ubi soft(Hi John!).I know that nowdays CST2
>is not a powerhouse anymore but it remains a classic and at that price it`s a
>steal for speculative chess.I will buy Chess tiger 15 and will match it against
>Gambit suicidal.Should produce some not-so correct fireworks!Right
>now,surprisingly,it seems to hold its own against Fritz 5.32 but i have yet to
>see some of those famous speculative chess.But for 10 bucks,hey,what the heck..


Indeed. Plays much better on faster hardware (around 40 Knps on my 1800+ :-o)
but still it's more for the chess gourmet who appreciates one brilliant game
more than the 10 blundered games coming with it. :)

Love the program, but sometimes it's a pain to watch - once saw it outplay
Shredder 5 like there was a 300 point ELO difference, leading by a piece and a
pawn, then blew the match with 4 or 5 moves...

---
Shep



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