[stockscalper]

Two professional as in grandmaster strength chess programs are coming out for the Mac this fall. The first will be Chessmaster 9000 which is set to ship the middle of September. And later in the fall Hiarcs 9 will be returning to the Mac. For those who know computer chess Hiarcs is one of the strongest programs on any platform and it plays the most human like. Marketshare must be rising because both manufacturers of these programs stopped developing for the Mac 4 years ago due to lack of sales.

[denisincalif]

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Marketshare must be rising because both manufacturers of these programs stopped developing for the Mac 4 years ago due to lack of sales.

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I hope you're right. If you are, this is very good news.
Another contributing factor might be that developing Cocoa programs is easy and fun. Developing in pre-OS X days was much more difficult. I know this is stretching it because these companies are in business to make a profit. But if their production cost goes down, the required marketshare for them to make a profit can be smaller.
If these games turn out as good as they sound, I hope they get flooded with orders.

[jax]

speaking of chess games, can anyone recommend one that is good for teaching/improving your game?
thanks