Author: Jeroen van Dorp
Date: 06:33:43 03/02/00
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Gerald, All chess programs you mentioned are produced by professional programmers, marketed by professional companies, and they all sell well to them who want to use the programs. You should turn the question around. What kind of program do you want to own? With one exeption: if you're looking for the less buggy, buy a chess board and find yourself a human opponent. Switch off your computer. If you are using your computer program to play chess, decide what you want most. Do you want a blitz playing program? Do you want to play on screen, or use an electronic chessboard connected to the program, and play standard games against it? Do you want to tweak the program? In what way? Lesser strenght, weaker (self made) opening book? a lot of time levels? Do you want to play engine- engine games all the time? Do you want a program that excels in easy and thorough analysis? Do you want a large database for study? Should it be annotated or a bare one for search purposes? Do you want a program best suited for training? For beginner level or are you expert? No one can claim to have the best - only the best in one, maybe two respects. So after those answers you could decide e.g. For nice playing style, good position analysis,less database and tweakability: Rebel Tiger For good database facilites and good verbal game analysis, Fritz GUI engines Fritz and Junior, preferable the newest one (version 6, Hiarcs is still coming with the 5 GUI) For nice <1400 training and playing: Chessmaster For daredeveling gambit play: CS Tal II For engine - engine games : Fritz GUI For .... Well, you understand. Good luck. Jeroen ;-}
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