Author: James T. Walker
Date: 17:11:23 12/08/98
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On December 08, 1998 at 19:52:12, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >On December 08, 1998 at 13:35:51, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On December 08, 1998 at 10:22:57, John Szasz III wrote: >> >>>Dear Jim, >>> >>>Just a note to say "Thank You" for posting these games between the computers. I >>>find it fascinating to watch these computers battle it out. Thanks again. >>>I also hope for more computer games in the future. >>> >>>Sincerely, >>> >>>John Szasz III >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>Hello John, >>Thanks for the kind words. I'm doing this because I enjoy it myself and also >>because of the curiosity generated by comments here about ChessMaster. Since it >>is not on the SSDF list some people may have gotten the impression that it was >>not worthy of being there. I'm sure it's because of the limited resources of >>the SSDF that they don't have time to include it. I'm running into time trouble >>myself now so I will have to slow down till after the new year (Maybe). In my >>opinion it has a great balance of tactics and position. I've even seen some >>comments concerning the GUI which I don't understand. I can set it up to look >>very similiar to Rebel 10 if I want and the black/white staunton chess pieces >>are photo realistic. They don't look like some kindergarden hand drawing which >>the Rebel 10 pieces look like. My complaint is that when I set the size of the >>board to about 7 inches square the pieces stay the same size and look too small >>for the larger board. Enjoy ! >>Jim Walker > >There are two type of B&W sets, one is small, newspaper I think they call it and >then you have a bigger set which is the same size as what you see in Rebel and >Fritz. I use the large B&W set and just make the board the perfect size for it. >I use a darker green for the dark squares and a pale off white green colour for >the white. Looks really nice. That is a custom board I made. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Michael, Actually there are 3 black & white sets. The one I'm referring to is the 3rd set "Staunton Black & White". They do not look like drawings of chess pieces but they look like photographs of the chess pieces I use on a board. Anyway it's nice to have the choices. Jim Walker >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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