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Subject: Re: Chess Assistant 8 - no ICC support?

Author: Robert Pawlak

Date: 15:13:25 11/18/04

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The reason the help refers to ICC is probably due to one of two factors. Either
ICC support was removed shortly before the release (I think not likely), or they
simply did not have time to change the documentation (more likely).

You should contact Convekta support to see if they can figure out why your icon
does not work. It is fine in my copy.

I excerpted the ad copy below, which says nothing of ICC support. However, it
does not say specifically that ICC support is still present, and so I can see
where you might think that it is. But to instantly imply that there is some sort
of nefarious reason is not called for.

Bob

Database:
Huge database of 2 675 000 games (collected by October 1, 2004); as many as 24
000 commented games.


Game Service:
Game Service 2004-2006: 2 500 games free available every week via the Internet.


Playing:
Built-in playing programs' new releases: Chess Tiger 2004, Ruffian, Delfi,
Crafty and Russian Dragon.


Internet Play:
Internet Chess Assistant Club mode – playing on the Internet for free, scheduled
tournaments (from blitz to correspondence) with prizes, chess training, special
chess mail service, Internet access to databases, online support for CA8
customers, etc.


Nalimov Tablebases:
Nalimov Endgame Tablebases (6-piece) available over the Internet.


Search tools:
Possibilities of searching and accessing databases greatly improved thanks to
the new search mode that is Composite search. Here you can find over 100 chess
criteria built-in into Chess Assistant’s search facility, guiding a player
through the chess game various stages such as opening, middlegame and endgame.


New modes:
Access to the opening encyclopedia improved thanks to a new revolutionary mode –
Opening Tables, presenting theoretical material in a familiar form of
encyclopedic table and allowing to replay opening lines on chessboard.
Annotating theoretic lines with the Adding\Editing variations new facility.

Test and Demo modes added.


Chess Opening Encyclopedia:
The Chess Opening Encyclopedia 2004 mode including rich theoretical material on
all the openings, over 8 000 annotations from GM Kalinin as well as 500 000
expert evaluations of the key opening positions.


Multimedia Encyclopedia:
The new multimedia encyclopedia including 800 top chessplayers' images, as well
as data organized by year and tournament; this device is besides helpful for
accessing certain players’ games databases.


Video Course
Video course of several flash animation videos designed to advance users' work
being as well a sort of video help to the Chess Assistant manual.


Annotating games:
Automatic means for annotating games with text annotations to moves.


Chess Analysis Project:
New data of Chess Analysis Project (CAP) for more than 28 million analyzed
positions included (MegaCAP). Importing of analyzed data huge amounts stipulated
and provided for.


Forum and online support:
Online support available over the Internet, as well as Chess Assistant user
forum.


Other improvements:
A lot of improvements in the program including the functionality of Chess
Assistant’s classifier, advanced analytical algorithms and much more.


System requirements:
IBM-compatible PC, 128 Mb RAM, hard disk 2Gb, Windows 2000/NT/XP, CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive.
No additional software required.


Bob



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