Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 13:25:31 11/23/04
Just finishing a game against Slow Chess. I interrupted it at move 35 when my position was in shambles, no hope, I was being to be mated or trampled in the next 5 or 6 moves. Now I understand the name of the program: it squeezes you step by step. You almost does not realize how it push you, corner you, etc, with one quiet move after another. Amazing. Except that, it is a fast engine: around 750 Kn/seconds in my slow Athlon 1,3 or so. Else: It has its own GUi and it is a clean, neat, even pretty one, with anything you can need, including hash setting with many alternatives, internet conn and many more features to put on or off. A gui of its own is a must for me: I get tired to play different engines in the same gui. It is like you have not changed engine after al. I like the complete new thing each time and that's the reason I love dedicated units. But playing programs at least I ask a new, diferent gui. In fact I do not understand those guys that make efforts to put to play in some already known gui every new program. Strenght? I would say this engine is easily in the area of 2500+ Considering that the autjor of SC say it is not a finished work, this could be easily the very best non commercial engine soon and near the top, commercials included. And it is free.... Fernando
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