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Subject: Re: Small and strong freeware ?

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 09:43:04 07/17/99

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On July 17, 1999 at 05:46:54, Gerrit Reubold wrote:

>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
>
>It should be possible to run the Bringer maximized or with "customized" size,
>just like standard windows programs. Please email me if it doesn't work for you.
>
>Greetings,
>Gerrit
>

Thankyou Gerrit, I had not noticed that, it works quite well! Pierre, please
note this, if you want Bringer to be a smaller than maximized size just reach
with your mouse pointer to the lower right hand corner of the maximized window,
then click and drag Bringer till it is the desired size. I think that Bringer
will then meet all your requirements very well. And I can almost promise that it
is stronger than all of the other programs suggested, it's even stronger than
Ychess and I say that even though I like Ychess allot.

Pete




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