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In <2boqrt$nui@csi.jpl.nasa.gov> scalle@Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Scott A. Lewicki) writes:

>Hello,
>I just noticed this news group for the first time. What is gnuChess, and is 
>it available on UNIX platforms (Sun spark) ?

Gnu Chess is the chess program of FSF.
It's characteristics are:
* source available through the GPL
* written mostly for unix but has been ported to other systems as well
  (I think it works under MSDOS without many changes)
* written by many programmers
* somewhat large (need much memory, at least 500K)
* It used to be very hard to understand the code, but since then
  it is better commented so that now it is only hard to understand

>I used to play Sargon 4 and enjoyed it, but no longer have my Mac. How does 
>gnuChess compare to Sargon?

Apple computers are not supported, thus Sargon for Mac does not compare
to Gnu Chess :-)
My estimate of Gnu Chess strength on a sparc is 1800-2200.
2300 when most bugs are fixed.

You should also look into xboard as it is the best interface for Gnu Chess.
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