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From: dickow@ui3.UUCP
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Subject: Re: chess programs
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Date: Sun, 4-Jan-87 05:27:21 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  4 05:27:21 1987
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     I have used Sargon III quite a bit on the 64 and it is quite good, but
I think the top-of-the-line item now is ChessMaster 2000. This program has
a 3-D (viewed from an oblique angle rather than straight down) board, and
is capable of beating all the other programs around.
     I have ChessMaster 2000 for the Amiga and it is quite fine, with many
amusing touches. However, I have discovered a few 'bugs' which may or may
not appear in versions for other machines. The Amiga version called a 
stalemate after just 4 moves once (a symetric board position existed at the
time) and once it castled when the rook was threatened, which I beleive is
against standard rules.
     Have fun.

Bob Dickow, University of Idaho School of Music
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