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From: pals@inland.com
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Chess program recommendation wanted (for IBM)
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Date: 25 Sep 90 16:09:31 GMT
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Chessmaster 2100 is hardly any improvement over the 2000.  I bought it
and felt terribly ripped off.  Ditto Sargon IV.  Also, 2100 is a terribly
misleading name.  On a PC XT the program runs about 1900 USCF rating points,
maybe 2000 or a bit more on an AT.

RexChess is a good candidate for best (strongest) PC chess program.  It plays
a good 150 points or so above Chessmaster.  Also, AI Chess looks promising
but I have little information on it.

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4710 and order their latest issue of Computer Chess Reports for $1.95.  It
has unbiased ratings of all chess playing computers and software.