SERETNY@HARTFORD.BITNET (An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind) (02/07/90)
I can recommend:
Sargon IV (the best for the Macintosh so far)
Chessmaster 2000 (pretty old, now, but it plays a strong game)
(the sequel, Chessmaster 2100 MAY be available for the Mac)
Sargon has a nice interface, lets you draw your own pieces, and has
both 3-d and the normal overhead boards. Colour is used when run on a Mac II,
and the game strategy is rated significantly higher than Chessmaster 2000. The
game also has about 100 famous games in a little database, as well several
classic endgame and strategy examples.
If you're also interested in Go, I recommend Nemesis Go Master, which
plays the strongest game for a Macintosh program so far (7 kyu, I believe), and
Go by Infinity Software, which isn't as strong, but has lots of features &
a nice user interface (lets you play over the modem with a buddy) and has
extensive "algorithm" feedback, so the user gets a good feel as to WHY the
computer moved the way it did. All of the game's weights are configurable.
Renmhir