Ok, I'm not insulting chess tiger itself, since I happen to think it's a great
engine and one of the best out there, but as far as its "gambit" settings, they
are a joke.

Do NOT buy chess tiger thinking you're going to get some gambiting, brilliant
combination seeking program, it does not do this. The "gambit suicidal" and
"gambit aggressive" settings are silly. They might as well call it: "I'll
sacrifice a pawn every now and then, and shift my pieces around more" styles.

If you're buying it for the Normal Style, ok then. You'll get a great deal, but
don't get it thinking that you're going to get a program that plays like Mikhail
Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul Morphy.

In article ,
"Sidney" wrote:

If you're buying it for the Normal Style, ok then. You'll get a great deal,
but don't get it thinking that you're going to get a program that plays like
Mikhail Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul Morphy.

For that kind of play, which one should I get?... ;-)

Henri

"Sidney" wrote in message
...
Ok, I'm not insulting chess tiger itself, since I happen to think it's a
great
engine and one of the best out there, but as far as its "gambit" settings,
they
are a joke.

Do NOT buy chess tiger thinking you're going to get some gambiting,
brilliant
combination seeking program, it does not do this. The "gambit suicidal"
and
"gambit aggressive" settings are silly. They might as well call it: "I'll
sacrifice a pawn every now and then, and shift my pieces around more"
styles.

If you're buying it for the Normal Style, ok then. You'll get a great
deal, but
don't get it thinking that you're going to get a program that plays like
Mikhail
Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul Morphy.



You might try the free engine Gothmog. It has four modes from "normal" to
"suicidal" and I've seen some interesting play from it.

henri Arsenault wrote in message ...
In article ,
"Sidney" wrote:

If you're buying it for the Normal Style, ok then. You'll get a great deal,
but don't get it thinking that you're going to get a program that plays like
Mikhail Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul Morphy.

For that kind of play, which one should I get?... ;-)

Buy Chessmaster 9000, it has millions of personalities with attacking
styles.
Or buy Junior 7. This engine is brilliant! It will always play with
materilal down. Or even buy Nimzo 8 although it's a bit old.
Another choise to buy is Chess System Tal-II if you can find it. It's
amazing. It really has the style of the great M.Tal. And there is
also the free one Gothmog 0.4.7. It plays very interesting Chess.


Henri

In article ,
(George) wrote:

Buy Chessmaster 9000, it has millions of personalities with attacking
styles.
Or buy Junior 7. This engine is brilliant! It will always play with
materilal down. Or even buy Nimzo 8 although it's a bit old.
Another choise to buy is Chess System Tal-II if you can find it. It's
amazing. It really has the style of the great M.Tal. And there is
also the free one Gothmog 0.4.7. It plays very interesting Chess.

Yes but none of them "plays like Mikhail Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul
Morphy."

I have both fritz8 and chessmaster 9000, and I do agree that although
the Fritz analysis capability is far better than that of Chessmaster,
the latter's personalities are better, and the tutorials included with
the game are almost worth the price of the game by themselves.

Henri

henri Arsenault wrote in message ...
In article ,
(George) wrote:

Buy Chessmaster 9000, it has millions of personalities with attacking
styles.
Or buy Junior 7. This engine is brilliant! It will always play with
materilal down. Or even buy Nimzo 8 although it's a bit old.
Another choise to buy is Chess System Tal-II if you can find it. It's
amazing. It really has the style of the great M.Tal. And there is
also the free one Gothmog 0.4.7. It plays very interesting Chess.

Yes but none of them "plays like Mikhail Tal, Frank Marshall or Paul
Morphy."

What do you expect? To play like M.Tal you have to be M.Tal

But what do you really want from the engine to do? To sacrifice
pieces and have always the initiative? This can be done inside
Chessmaster.


I have both fritz8 and chessmaster 9000, and I do agree that although
the Fritz analysis capability is far better than that of Chessmaster,
the latter's personalities are better, and the tutorials included with
the game are almost worth the price of the game by themselves.

Henri