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From: tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Chess program recommendation wanted (for IBM)
Message-ID: <1248@ashton.UUCP>
Date: 19 Sep 90 17:05:18 GMT
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Reply-To: tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts)
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Torrance, CA
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>In article <1399@pedsga.UUCP> mikes@pedsga.UUCP (Mike Shulman <shulman>) writes:
>>  I am looking to buy a good chess program for my IBM PC. The 2
>>I am currently considering are Chessmaster 2100 and Sargon IV.
>>If anybody can recommend one over the other, or knows of a program
>>which is better then those two, please let me know.
>>  Thanks in advance!

If you insist on _buying_ one, go ahead.  However, why not give the recent
DOS port of GNUCHESS at try?  Sure, its character based interface is
simplistic, but you also get full C source code.

Also, I know from personal experience that there is at least one
(possibly unreleased) EGA/VGA graphics version.  And, I read in 
comp.windows.ms that there is an MS Windows version, but I have not
actually seen it.

Stuart Cracraft, a frequent poster to this group, should have all
the details on DOS GNUCHESS.              


Tom Rombouts  Torrance Techie  tomr@ashtate.A-T.com  V:(213)538-7108