Author: Tom Mitchell
Date: 22:58:03 12/09/98
I currently own CM 6000 and Extreme Chess (based on Fritz 4.01). I am looking to pick up another program and it seems that either the new Rebel or Fritz would make sense. Any suggestions from anyone who is familiar with them both? Also, I read somewhere that Rebel will not install onto anything but drive C. Is that correct??? If so, that is a bit of a "bummer" as I have my 6 gig drive partitioned into C, D, E and F...with C space being at a premium due to swap file sizes etc...in other words, I don't want to use up 200+ meg if I don't have to! To be honest, the Rebel program looks like it offers the best bang for the buck in regards to functions and upgrades. However, Fritz is much prettier, works with Chess Base, and is probably more "Windows 98" friendly. Also, I know that it probably doesn't mean much, but the Rebel website seems to be quite a bit more informative than the other sites I've looked at. To be honest, some of the chess program sites were so pathetically "poor" that I am somewhat afraid to invest any cash with their products. That's probably not fair, but when all you have is a WWW first impression, you have to go with the company that seems most concerned about their program and getting info to the potential consumer. My goal is not to necessarily have the "STRONGEST" chess playing engine. I would however like to have something with good database/analysis features, different levels of opponents within the program and various features that could be used to improve my playing strength. Again, I already own a couple of nice programs. I've just got some extra cash to blow (hehe) and thought I'd get some advice from my fellow wood pushers. Thanks!
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