Author: Moritz Berger
Date: 10:56:04 07/27/98
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On July 27, 1998 at 11:12:29, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On July 27, 1998 at 11:00:54, Moritz Berger wrote: > >>On July 27, 1998 at 09:49:45, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>Hi Ulrich: >>>Do you consider Zarkov 4 a version worthy of the price? What is youir impression >>>of his strenght? Is just another top league program, more or less in the order >>>of magnitude of current crop? And if it is so, it brings something else to have >>>a reason to purchase it? >>>Fernando >> >>I played some fast games with Fritz 5 against it some months ago on ICC and it >>lost most of them. BUT: It plays nice chess, i.e. the moves look "reasonable" >>and it lost gracefully ;-) >> >>The price of $83 (from www.gambitsoft.com) is too high if you don't want the 1.1 >>million games database that is part of the included ESSENTIA database product. I >>guess they thought that ESSENTIA was the main act and Zarkov just a nice addon; >>maybe for some folks it's just the other way round an then the pricing is >>questionable if you just want the chess engine. After all, Hiarcs 6, Rebel 98 (= >>Rebel 9), M-Chess 7 all can be had for about $50 and I'd rather buy 2 of those >>and pay the extra $17 instead of taking Zarkov 4.2 and not wanting ESSENTIA. >> >>Just my 0.2$ >> >>Moritz > > >Hi moritz: >well, I am one of those guys completely uninterested in database features, so, >if the engine is not that strong it seem the issue has been settled. I ever look >for a reason to buy against odds, but this seems to be too much. Not even a >pretty interface? A voice joking? Well, then nope >Thanks >Fernando Hey Fernando, you bought (!) even the so called Chess System "Tal" and enjoyed it. What makes you hesitate about Zarkov? ;-))) Product details (including screenshots) can be found at http://www.bookup.com/MC98.htm That has to be enough for you since I don't have the product (BTW, it's Zarkov 4.3 not 4.2). It looks good as a cheapo ChessBase 7 or Chess Assistant 3.02 replacement, maybe I would even recommend it as a budget database choice from what I see on that web page. But I really don't have it, so that's all speculation on my part. Maybe KK knows ... Moritz
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