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Subject: Chess Programmes

Author: Mr CP Du Toit

Date: 02:56:28 06/08/99


As a medium strength player (ELO 1950), I am looking to buy a strong chess
programme which will have the following features:

1. A flexible chess engine able to play at a variety of levels of difficulty,
preferably quantifiable with reference to ELO/BCF ratings rather than "strong",
medium" etc, together with the "usual" features of analysis, solve for mate,
etc;

2. A strong, up to date, and easily programmable/expandable openings database,
which is "user friendly" for the serious study of different openings and opening
lines;

3. An extensive, readily accessible, games database;

4. A strong, user-friendly search feature which will allow me to locate games in
which certain features (eg a kingside fianchetto by black, etc) are present.

Nice to haves include:  a strong tuition function and/or pre-analysed games
database, and an accurate "rate your play" feature.

I would be grateful to anybody who can give me some guidance through the thicket
of available computer programmes.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,  Colin.

PS: I presently work on a Pentium II, 200MMX, with 64 megs ram and ample
hard-drive space.



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