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Subject: MacChess 4.0 ITA [Italian] Free Chess program


MacChess 4.0 PPC (Italian) Superb free chess program
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(This is the Italian version of MacChess 4.0. All menus, documentation,
etc. is in Italian. The English version is already on Info-Mac).

FREE! master strength chess program. Many features, very polished.
Includes "Easy" levels for learners, diagram printing for newsletters.

For Power Macintoshes only.

MacChess competed in the 1997 Aegon Computer-Human tournament,
defeating one master and one near-master while running on a low-end Mac.

13 New Features in MacChess 4.0, including.

- Analyze Game - MacChess can analyze your games to find improvements.
- Analyze Player vs. Player - continuous analysis while you move pieces.
- Copy and Paste now work for positions (EPD), games (PGN) and analysis.
- More ending "smarts" added - improved Maresch ending test score by 180 pts.
- Expanded opening book - over 8,000 new positions added.
- Now displays ECO (Encyclopedia of Chess Openings) opening codes.
- Now displays player names from imported PGN files above the board display.
- Now can display your name as MacChess's opponent.
- All games from the Aegon 1997 computer-human tournament included.
- Web site now available: http://members.aol.com/Macchess/

Old features: PowerPC native, "Easy" levels, logs analysis, analyzes
problem tests, 5 piece sets, hint, move takeback, pause, save/load games,
print graphical diagram, print game score, animated game playback with
"VCR" controls, read/write EPD/PGN formats, many strength settings, etc.

(c) 1998 by Wim van Beusekom, beusekom@knoware.nl
Requires Power Macintosh, 3Mb free RAM, and System 7 or higher.
Do not distribute for profit or on CD-ROM without permission.