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Subject: Re: What about move entering?

Author: Frederic Friedel

Date: 08:11:03 09/13/00

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On September 13, 2000 at 08:53:04, Severi Salminen wrote:

>Yes, of cource there are work-arounds, but its inconvenient. The most natural
>way is just release on the original square, but I'm happy to hear this works now
>in CB8.

I think it is better to accept that when you grab a piece and then don't want to
use it you must move the cursor off the board, than to get rid of such a
powerful input assistant. In the latter case you almost double the number of
clicks required to enter a game. But of course it is a matter of taste...

>>BTW. Do you happen to know if and when BigBase 2001 will be released? Was there
>any major differences (except the games) between BB1999 and BB2000? I'm just
>wondering whether I should wait the new BB or not.

There will definitely be a new Mega and Big 2001, with many additional games.
The advantage is always that a number of experts, most of them strong GMs, have
spent 12 months checking, correcting and editing the database, not just the new
games but also the old ones, so that every year the quality improves noticably.
I think Big 2001 will be out at the end of the year and it is worthwhile to wait
two or three months for it. On the other hand the update from Big 2000 to 2001
is about $20, so if you are going to spend more than an hour or so trying to set
up a good reference database it is advisable to get Big 2000 immediately.



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