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From: kim@amdahl.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
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Subject: Re: Places in Vancouver? Really Chess programs.
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Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 19:04:28 EDT
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In article <3845@ism780c.UUCP>, tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) writes:
> 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!

There is a review of Chessmaster 2000 in the most recent issue of
"Compute!"  (Oct? Nov? ... whatever, the one that just came out).

It also mentions that Chessmaster 2000 has a "provisional rating"
of 2000 (Grandmaster, so they say).  What does "provisional" mean
in this context, and why isn't it an "official" rating?

Does the USCF rate dedicated chess-playing machines seperately from
general-purpose machines running a chess program?  Why?

At one time, I thought I read that the Fidelity machines (at least
some of their models) do/did run the Sargon (II or III) program.  Have
they changed, or am I mis-remembering?

/kim


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