Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 02:55:51 12/10/98
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Fritz5.32 would be my choice, but watch out, there is Junior5, and Hiarcs, and Nimzo, and other engines for Fritz5. Then there is the Millenium Genius6 coming out soon. That will also have many available engines, both free, and to pay for. And of course there is Rebel10, in which they are currently working on having a Tiger engine for, (other than the other availble Rebel engines). On a feature by feature basis for so-called serious chess player's, Rebel10 and Fritz5.32 are very close, with a lot of different cool features. I wouldn't want to be with out either, and if I had a little extra cash to blow, like you say you do, then I wouldn't hesitate to get both. Heck, I've got both, and from a practicle standpoint I shouldn't have bought them. Here a one paragraph rundow of all the programs I can think of. 1. Fritz5.32 Most features and database capabilities. 2. Milleniem Genius6 Many good features and best Interface (assuming it is based on the Genius5 look. 3. Rebel10 Most fun levels, and database utilities included. 4. Hiarcs6 (7) Most human. Possibly the most knowledge based program. 5. MChess8 Very knowledgable, Quite possibly the most interesting opening book. 6. Nimzo (ver?) Don't know, I think it comes with a previous version that support a user program language called Che. 7. Chess System Tal Program most likely to do the unexpected. Windows version may or not come out in January. diverse and interesting feature set. Large opening book. 8. The King, ver. 2.54 and higher. Also CM6000. Everyone has said it all here. Strong as steel and filled with features. CM6000 book editor is a joke, (Komputer Korner told me to say that, well actually he didn't, just kidding), so no one would buy it for that. Actually once I own enough chess playing programs, I totally lose interest, and wind up wanting all of the best tutorial programs, like Chess Base training disk, Convetka training disk, Chess Mentor training disk, and eventually Chess Academy database & training disk. But hell I hardly do any of this stuff any more because I can't beat the (Morons) on the Internet Chess Club! Oh yeah, I'm the Moron:) mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! 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!
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