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From: king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Chessmaster 2000
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 09:37:13 EDT
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O )VVVVV( O

Well, I have Chessmaster 2000, and I can't beat it.
(not that I'm any sort of a chess champ, or anything)
I cannot compare to other chess programs, but 2000 seems
to be pretty complete as far as features go:
	- 2d & 3d display of board
	- board can be rotated 90 degrees (or 180, 270)
	- the colours of both the pieces and the squares
	  can be altered to suit your taste
	- uP opponent can talk (male Amiga voice), this
	  feature can be changed to a tone, or disabled.
	- you can take back moves (I especially like this one)
	- you can have the uP figure out your next move for you
	- it will play itself; white gets a female voice and
	  always wins. I have watched two such games and the
	  play was *not* the same both times, some random
	  element must be in use.
This is not meant to be a full review, just a brief desription
of the features I have explored to date. There are many others.
The only things I don't like about this program are a) copy
protection, and b) it doesn't multitask. Otherwise, GREAT!

My humble opinions, and mine alone,
					sjk
				...utzoo!dciem!king
ps. I am not a fiction author.