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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.games.chess
Subject: Re: Places in Vancouver? Really Chess programs.
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Date: Fri, 10-Oct-86 19:35:33 EDT
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>Sargon III is rated at 1850 on the Mac.  The New York Times said a
>couple of weeks ago that Chessmaster had a provisional rationg over
>2000 as a result of its winning the Microcomputer championship.
>
On the other hand, no one I know who is an 1850 or above believes
that rating for Sargon III.

I don't really understand why there are not any really good chess
programs available for home computers.  Fidelity has a machine
with an official USCF rating of 2100 for 200 bucks.  I am pretty
sure that this has an 8 bit processor.  Someone should be able to
come up with a 68k program that is better than this!

I would certainly rather get crushed by a 68k!
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