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From: ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Chess for the Mac...
Keywords: Looking for a good chess game for the Mac...
Message-ID: <5072@sol.ARPA>
Date: 10 Dec 87 14:10:11 GMT
References: <19121@bbn.COM> <640@astroatc.UUCP>
Reply-To: ray@cs.rochester.edu (Ray Frank)
Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY
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In article <640@astroatc.UUCP> stubbs@astroatc.UUCP (Dennis J. Kosterman) writes:

<     I have both Sargon III and Chessmaster 2000 (but for the Apple IIe,
<not the Mac).  Both programs have features 2, 3, and 4 above.  Chessmaster
<has more levels and supposedly is stronger on its higher levels than
<Sargon is.  Sargon's highest level is reputed to be rated around 1800.
<However, this level is too slow to be very useful (something like an
<hour per move).  I think Chessmaster is faster.
<
<                                Dennis J. Kosterman
<                                stubbs@astroatc.UUCP

I believe the longest tournaments allowable by USCF is 3 minutes per move.  
Any rating given a machine over this time limit is meaningless and cannot be
used as a means of judging how good a machine really is.

ray