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Subject: Re: Small and strong freeware ?

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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