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From: bdugan@teri.bio.uci.edu (Bill Dugan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Macintosh Battle Chess & Macintosh Checkmate
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Date: 30 Apr 91 03:48:26 GMT
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Interplay Productions introduces two new chess games for the Macintosh!

"Battle Chess" features animated pieces who walk around the board and beat up
each other as you play chess.  For instance, if a Knight captures a Pawn, the
Knight walks over to the pawn, they square off, and fight until the victor
wins.  Battle Chess is real chess, and you can play against the computer or
against another person, or over the modem against a distant opponent.
Battle Chess for the Mac is black-and-white only and runs on any Mac from
the Plus up to the IIfx.  You need at least 1 meg of RAM and System 6.0.2 (up).
Battle Chess costs $49.95 and you can buy it from any computer store or
direct from Interplay at 1-800-969-GAME.

"Checkmate" features the best chess algorithm available on a personal
computer.  In our tests, Checkmate beats Chessmaster 2100, Sargon IV, and
AI Chess.  Checkmate has an opening library of over 300,000 moves and even
names famous openings if you play them (e.g. "Sicilian Defense").  It
has a "What If?" option to explore different lines of play, with Checkmate
advising preferred moves.  Game clocks are always visible on both the 3D
and 2D boards, and the level is customizable for match-your-time thinking
or for whatever number of minutes & seconds you want.  You can play in color
or black-and-white, and you need at least 1 meg of memory -- the more memory
you allocate Checkmate, the better its play due to the larger transposition
table.  Checkmate has many, many other features that help you improve your
game of chess.  Checkmate costs $54.95 and you can buy it from any computer
store or direct from Interplay at 1-800-969-GAME.