Author: Pierre Bourget
Date: 20:23:41 07/16/99
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On July 16, 1999 at 19:54:00, Pete Galati wrote: >On July 16, 1999 at 18:02:13, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On July 16, 1999 at 17:15:23, Pierre Bourget wrote: >> >>>I'm searching for a freeware chess program : >>> >>>1- very small in size >>>2- very strong >>>3- as is own interface >>>4- take small place on my desk >>> >>>Any suggestions except winboard ? >>I like Arasan. It is not as strong as Crafty, but plays good chess. It does not >>take up much disk and has a very nice built-in interface. A monkey could >>install it. > >I don't understand when you say "take small place on my desk". The program I'd >recommend would be Bringer that you could download at Gambitsoft. It's smaller >in harddrive space than Arasan, it has a nicer interface (that's subjective I >guess), and it's just a notch stronger than Arasan too. As for the "take small >place on my desk" part, if you mean your desktop on your computer screen, then >you'd want to note that Der Bringer can only be viewed maximized I believe. And >when Dan says "A monkey could install it." about Arasan he probably means that >Arasan has it's own installation program so it should be noted that Der Bringer >does not have one of those, personally I don't like installation programs, I'd >rather do it myself, but you may prefer them. > >Pete Thanks everybody for the suggestions.The object of my post was to know if there is a simple and small program but strong without bells and whistles with a clean and small interface to take only a part of the computer screen.A little program who put the emphasis on search speed and with a minimun of good knowledge,something looking like Waxman for example but stronger.In fact a little "monster" if that exist. Pierre
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