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Is it just me or is the Chess game that comes with news Mac very difficult?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Walnut Creek, California
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Its the only game on my computer at my internship, but its no fun to play because the stupid machine always beats me in 25 moves, even with the difficulty turned as low as possible.
And don't tell me that it is a sign that I need to get work done at my internship, I already know that.
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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It's a sign you need to be better at Chess 
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Baltimore, MD
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Dude, I beat it in like 5 moves...
Actually yeah, I've never been able to make any headway with it whatsoever. It's never actually beaten me though, because I always see that it's inevitable and give up first. It's called a 'strategic retreat', it's kinda like winning lite. 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2005
Location: West LA
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I HATE that stupid chess game, even when you have the comp give you a hint every move, it still ends up beating you.
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Addicted to MacNN  Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cooperstown '09
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I can't even win by hijacking the .plist in my favor...damn!
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashville, TN
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Snort. Took me 38 moves in a game of attrition, but I just thrashed the computer.
You, you are all weak...
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Don't try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: california
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Yeah, it's pretty good.
BTW, the underlying chess engine is GNU Chess.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Originally Posted by Tesseract
BTW, the underlying chess engine is GNU Chess.
No, it's Sjeng.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Copenhagen
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Either we have different chess games, or you're really bad at chess!
I hadn't played a set of chess for about six years, I'd guess, till I thought I'd try one just now. Set it to easiest, naturally, and beat the computer in 29 moves in my first try, with no real problems. And trust me, I'm bad at chess.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Guam - where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
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Stupid computer....gets me everytime.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
No, it's Sjeng.
When did they change that?
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: california
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Originally Posted by jonasmac
Stupid computer....gets me everytime.
Then it's obviously smart, not stupid.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: England
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Originally Posted by jonasmac
Stupid computer....gets me everytime.
I'm sure Mr Kasparov could beat it... maybe in a round robin tournament where he goes around various tables with different players... iBook on the 1st table, then Powerbook, iMac, PowerMac etc etc...
It's beatable... look at it this way, your Mac vs. Deep Blue... who would your money be on?
I know who'd I'd be backing
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Walnut Creek, California
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Either we have different chess games, or you're really bad at chess!
I hadn't played a set of chess for about six years, I'd guess, till I thought I'd try one just now. Set it to easiest, naturally, and beat the computer in 29 moves in my first try, with no real problems. And trust me, I'm bad at chess.
No, I'm not bad at chess. I can beat my friends close to half of the time (all Cal Berkeley or Brown University graduates) and I can beat the Freeverse chess games at moderate difficulty. How about you win a game right now, save the moves, send them to me, then I'll use them against the Chess game that came with my iBook and see if it is still a winning game.
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