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Subject: Re: Chess Programmes

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 03:19:50 06/08/99

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On June 08, 1999 at 05:56:28, Mr CP Du Toit wrote:

>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.

All this wishes fit the Chessbase-family: Fritz5, Fritz5.32, Hiarcs7.32,
Junior5, Nimzo99. They all come with different engines.
Rebel 10 also has many features but only Rebel engines.



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