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Subject: Re: CDROM chess databases - outdated concept!

Author: Oliver Y.

Date: 06:40:26 12/13/98

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On December 13, 1998 at 09:37:10, Oliver Y. wrote:

>On December 13, 1998 at 08:46:39, Boris Shneyderman wrote:
>
>>You don't really need chess databases on CDROM anymore...
>>Have you checked the newly minted free high-tech chess site
>>http://www.chesslab.com ?
>>
>>Free and fast online 2 million chess games database (1485-present) is
>>updated weekly with thousands of new best games played...  You can move pieces
>>on Java virtual chess board, search all games by position, analyse any
>>game/position including your own...
>
>Thanks for finding it Boris, how did you come upon it?  Any info as to who's
>behind it beyond what we can read at the site?
>
>We could all see this coming...funny, the first game I searched for wasn't in
>the 2 million game database:
>Miles played this, as did Andersen, etc., as Black:
>
>1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3. e5 this is the point at which I tried the search (Nh5!?).
>
>It only spit out one game:  giving 3... Nd5 only...
>
>Compare this with the CM6000 database, which has several games with this
>opening.  Hmmm, Dan, any comments?

Oliver, you moron!  You should think before you post!  You forgot to clear the
Year window before searching!  You must be a B player, sheesh...



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