Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 23:04:12 12/09/98
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On December 10, 1998 at 01:58:03, Tom Mitchell wrote: >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! Get Fritz 5.32
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