Re: XieXie Master -- a recommendation

On Jan 20, 9:04=A0pm, Joss Wright <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought that I'd post this here as the group is largely dead and could
> do with some traffic.
>
> I recently bought XieXie Master (http://www.cc-xiexie.com/home.php),
and
> have been very impressed with the software and with the customer sup****t
> by the author. It's currently Windows-only, but apparently there is the
> possibility of Linux and MacOS X versions in the future.
>
> The latest version of the software is $35, and is well worth paying. The
> program seems to be one of the strongest in the world, but I can't judge
> it too well as my own level of Xiangqi is very low!
>
> My virus scanner falsely identified a virus in the full paid version of
> the software, but after contacting the author I found out that this is a
> known problem with the method he uses to add licence keys to the
software.=

> So don't worry!
>
> I'm not affiliated with XieXie Master, just a very happy customer. I
> thought that having this post on the newsgroup might help anyone else
who
> was looking for a computer opponent.
>
> I'd be interested to know if anyone else is reading this. Just say "hi"!
>
> Joss

XXM is actually quite weak.  the strongest xq program by far has gotta
be neuchess.  i have both programs, and have run dozens of games
against them on very slow time controls.  believe it or not XXM has
never even made a single draw!  let me know if u wanna play some games
(comp-comp).  plz reply to this email addy (and not to my gmail):
michaelyhhu (at) hotmail (dot) com.