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From: francis@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu (RD Francis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: comp.sys.mac
Keywords: Chess programs for the Mac
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Date: 9 Feb 90 16:54:11 GMT
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I asked for help in locating a good chess program for the Mac.  I promised to
summarize to the net.  Given that a) I only got two responses (from Steve
Dorner and someone whose mail I accidentally deleted (sorry!)), and b) it's
occurred to me that there were, perhaps, more appropriate places to ask
(especially rec.games.chess), I'll keep this short.

There are three Mac chess programs that I know of:  Psion, Sargon IV, and
ChessMaster 2000 (soon to be 2100).  Basically, there is no general consensus
as to which one to get.  All play well.  In fact, all seem to play too well to
be much help at all to beginners.  Sargon IV gives the player the option to
ask the computer to suggest/make a move for him; the others may or may not
have this option.  This is as close to a tutorial as any of them get.  Sargon
IV has neat graphics.  Sargon IV is what I ended up buying, but I may end up
selling it/returning it, since it's no help if you're not already pretty darn
good at chess.


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R David Francis   francis@cis.ohio-state.edu