Author: Roberto Waldteufel
Date: 03:39:48 09/27/98
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On September 26, 1998 at 10:45:34, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: > >>You are probably aleardy aware of this, but the latest Chessbase package >>displays chess trees compiled from a games database, suitable for text in a >>chess book. Good luck if you proceed - I hope you are still in time. I don't >>think this sort of patent is healthy for computer chess at all. >> >>Best wishes, >>Roberto > >My impression was that Chessbase produced variation trees as text - >that is to say, like a page in ECO/MCO. I suspect that this patent won't >claim that, since everything I've seen has been a graphical tree display. > >Does Chessbase display graphical trees? That is, like one of the below? > >\ / > O O > \ / > o > >or > >-------------------------- > | > -------------- > | > ---------- > >Richard I think you are right, the trees produced by chessbase are text only - it's a tool designed for chess writers. But it does generate the trees. The only difference is the way they are printed on screen or paper. Best wishes, Roberto
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