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cbk1994
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May 26, 2007, 11:01 PM
 
What is wrong with the Macintosh Chess Game? It is on the highest AI, but I once again beat it in under 15 moves. This can't be. I'm yet to lose to this! Is there some way to make it a bit smarter?

Here's an example:
I place a pawn on the board where the queen can take it
Opponent's queen takes the pawn.
I take the opponents queen with another pawn.

How can I get this smarter, or is there another application I can get somewhere for Mac OS X that works better?
15" MacBook Pro (unibody), 4 GB RAM, 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X 10.6.2
     
PeterS
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May 27, 2007, 12:35 AM
 
You could try Big Bang Chess or Sigma Chess. I don't know if they are up to your high standard or not but I can not beat them! <G>
     
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May 27, 2007, 02:11 AM
 
Big Bang Chess, and you might want to try posting this in the Gaming forum, as you'd get more replies...
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riley46
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May 27, 2007, 11:33 PM
 
You can also try the Fritz or Chessmaster series. I can't beat those beasts at their strongest level. If you want, you can try correspondence chess, CORRESPONDENCECHESS.COM - The place to be if you are interested in cc! . Have fun.
     
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May 28, 2007, 12:46 AM
 
The game could be set on Suicide, where the object is to lose all of your pieces...
     
cbk1994  (op)
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May 28, 2007, 06:30 PM
 
I'll have to look at Fritz, I didn't know they made it for Mac! I could never beat it on Windows I know.

The game isn't set on Suicide, that was the first thing I checked.


Thanks everyone for the replies
15" MacBook Pro (unibody), 4 GB RAM, 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X 10.6.2
     
   
 
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