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Subject: Re: Chess System Tal II for Windows

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 17:31:59 04/06/99

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On April 05, 1999 at 19:53:11, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Hi larry:
>Perhaps it will enhance even more your sheer spirit and carefree attitude
>towards programs -as they beat you the same, as you say: that's a sensible
>rationale no many of us remember in time- to consider that he clasifications
>that Bert do of the programs in his site has little to do -except extreme cases-
>with reality. Berts is not more acquainted with CSTAL than us, so has no ground
>to clasify cstaL as master, GM, patzer or whatever. In fact, if you look
>carefully at his site, you will see that in the beginning, when a product is
>just coming, Bert ALWAYS put them in a modest category in order not to be
>blamed, later, of hype to enhance sellings statistics.
>Respect to the style, I own since the beginning CSTAL and really it is
>different. You can see my reviews in Oxford Softworks site, where they were
>putted by Chris long ago. I still keep my words about CSTAL, no matter what
>other people here say about it.
>I am sure you will enjoy it. My salutes to your girlfriend also.
>fernando

Hello Fernando,
I think I'm the one who made mention that Bert had put it in the "Master" group
and not in the GM group.  Thanks for your input.  I've decided to buy the
program just because of the features it offers and the style of play as
described by some people here makes it seem interesting.
Jim Walker



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