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Subject: Re: Best Computer Chess Program

Author: Larry S. Tamarkin

Date: 11:10:23 09/30/98

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Hey! - What about the 3d rendering of the board & pieces in Genius5 Gold? I
think those are the best hands down!

mrslug- the inkompetent chess software addict!



On September 30, 1998 at 13:33:13, Komputer Korner wrote:

>On September 30, 1998 at 03:46:38, Shaun Graham wrote:
>
>>On September 30, 1998 at 01:13:32, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>>On September 30, 1998 at 00:35:13, Shaun Graham wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>7.  Aesthetic appeal, it runs in win95-98 and has multiple boards and a very
>>>>high qaulity 3d feature(perhaps and IMHO the best 3d available)  Nicest GUI
>>>>available in most people oppinion i'm sure.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Really? I found Fritz's 3D board to be like a joke - I watched it couple of
>>>seconds and it was enough... CM5000 has only real 3D board so far.
>>>
>>>Jouni
>>
>>
>>Well Bernie everyone has there own oppinion, but i think few would think
>>CM5000's bitmap image method can compare to the fritz 3d.  You can find some
>>examples of what Fritz's 3d looks like on the chessbase page.
>
>I agree with Jouni. Even though the Fritz 3D has perfect rendering of shadows
>and depth, it's actual pieces are not lifelike enough. Perfect 3D should look
>like a real set of pieces and the pieces in Fritz 5 do not fit the bill. The
>best I have seen is the 3D set in CS TAL. CM 6000 comes next.
>--
>Komputer Korner



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