Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Application of Chess Programming Techniques to Other Games

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 00:27:57 04/08/99

Go up one level in this thread


Roberto

>There are a large number of free checkers programs, but most of them are
>absolutely abysmal in terms of playing strength, although many of them do sport
>very impressive graphics for whatever that is worth (not much IMHO). I have
>found only one that I consider to be of a good standard in terms of strength: it
>is called Blitz (nothing to do with Cray machines!), and is a stripped down
>version of the commercial program Sage by Adrian Millett, which is one of only 4
>strong commercial programs of which I am aware. There is a DOS and a Windows
>version, but I would recommend the DOS one from my own experience. You can
>download Blitz from the Chinook site, or from PC Solutions, the company that
>markets Sage.

You may be interested to know that Adrian Millet is the chap behind the GUI of
Chess Genius 4 and 5 as well as Millennium Chess System.

Regards

Steve Maughan



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.