Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 11:33:26 07/27/98
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On July 27, 1998 at 13:56:04, Moritz Berger wrote: >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? ;-))) > Wait a little, CSTAl is really funny to play. Those wild moves...I wait with a lot of interest windows version of it. >Product details (including screenshots) can be found at > Hmmmmmm, I went there and there is nothing to sheer about.... fernando >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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