Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 08:06:48 01/08/99
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On January 08, 1999 at 10:51:33, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >I hadn't taken a proper look at the KKK List#7 (www.gambitsoft.com) till last >night and then I saw that ALEXS, the chess playing program by Alex van Tiggelen, >was listed there. I almost fell off my chair! I have a copy of ALEXS here, at >home, courtesy of a Dutch friend, and must say that apart from its quite Spartan >set of options and features I cannot go along with KK's evaluation of the >program. Yes, its options are few and inadequate and it lacks the takeback >feature, but you can always use Setup and take back the move you made. KK says >that the program won't exit setup so that one cannot continue with the game. >This is not true with my version of the program (2.01), you can enter and exit >setup without any problems. KK also says, and this is probably the most >important thing, that ALEXS is a weak program -- which I found to be untrue too. > I hesitate to reveal the names of some commercial programs which found >themselves on the receiving end :)) when playing ALEXS... All in all, I found >KK's *four line review* of ALEXS quite superficial and shallow. I think that >ALEXS is a strong program, with a nice and visually pleasing board, and with >many other features lacking (takeback, book editor and clocks). However, it's >strength and chess intelligence are pleasing and I believe that almost every >computer chess addict (such as we all are) should find it a worthy addition to >her software collection. My rough estimate would put ALEXS around 2300 >tournament level, and over 2450 blitz on a PII-350. Enclosed is the four line >review presented by KK at www.gambitsoft.com (Section: Komputer Korner Krash >List #7): > >"ALEXS- This is a weak playing program with so little number of features >that it is laughable and to take back a move you have to enter setup but >after using setup the program won't exit setup so that you can't continue >with the game. You have to exit the program and reenter." > >Regards, >Djordje KK does a better job than that, check out the following: http://www.gambitsoft.com/chess/games/alexs.html
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