Author: Latifu Sanni
Date: 03:45:37 03/11/99
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On March 11, 1999 at 02:19:16, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >On March 11, 1999 at 02:08:44, alfred palang wrote: > >>chessmaster 6000 with its 300,000 game database is worth its price! buy it from >>ebay and bid only until $20.00! i got mine for only $18.00! this is a real good >>program where your buck really gets a good bang. you might spend a total of >>$23.00, that's including the mailing costs and all. you can't go wrong with this >>buy. the others are too expensive, like the hiarcs. much better, download >>hyatt's crafty and that is for free or even phalanx or the bionic. for someone >>between the strength of 1600-2000, these programs:chessmaster 6000, crafty, >>phalanx and bionic should offer much pleasure and learning. another choice: get >>yourself extreme chess...which is an earlier fritz but this is a real good >>program or even chessmaster 4000 or 5000....both programs are going real cheap. >>Extreme is not worth more than $20.00 and chessmaster 4000 is like $10.00, >>chessmaster 5000 is probably worth $15.00. let me repeat...you can have a >>formidable array of chess programs without over extending your budget. good luck >>with your chess....alfred...... > >I agree, Chessmaster 6000 has already shown it can play as good as or even >better than the top programs. So I agree CM6K is the best value for money >program on the market. Plus it has tutorials for the kiddies and alot of other >entertaining features. > >Hiarcs for me is just plain to expensive. Nearly double the price of Fritz and >Rebel but really nothing much more to offer than any ofd the others. It is at least, the only chess program amongst the top 5 that also has a version for the Mac. Hence, Mac users can also enjoy playing against a very strong chess program. To me this is a very big "plus" for Hiarcs. Latifu
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