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Subject: ((Lex, Please read this)) --> Re: Chess Assistant 8 - no ICC support?

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 11:52:19 11/19/04

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On November 19, 2004 at 10:02:10, Jerry wrote:

>On November 19, 2004 at 09:14:40, Chuck wrote:
>
>>I'll say this much, I was just about to buy CA for the first time, but this
>>gives me pause.
>>
>>Being a longtime CB 8 user, I've decided not to upgrade to CB 9 due to problems
>>I've heard from friends with it. So CA 8 was looking like a good alternative.
>>The lack of ICC support is not critical, but it would help to have it.
>>Detrimental in my consideration is how the support for ICC was pulled from the
>>product, CA's user base will likely upgrade without realizing functionality was
>>lost - it's not just going to pop into your head as your looking at the ad!
>>
>>So yes, I agree, the way Convekta has handled this is wrong. They should state
>>on the upgrade web page that ICC support has been yanked.
>>
>>Chuck
>
>It appears ICC bears some blame for not alowing CA8 to use another chess playing
>site in it's program...I believe that is very narrow vision.
>Here is an email sent and received from the CA8 people.
>
>s> Concerning CA8:
>s> Thanks for the information.
>s> It is hard to believe your company did not include ICC access in your
>s> program.
>s> Many people enjoyed matching machine against machine.
>s> I was just going to order CA8 but now I
>s> will not. I am very unhappy about no ICC access!
>s> Is there a reason for this decision? Will
>s> another version come out for ICC?
>s> Can I add Chess Tiger 2004 to CA7.1? Will it have a UCI engine?
>
>The  mode  ICC  is  not  included in CA8 for the
>following reasons:
> 1) ICC has given consent on the
>support  of  its  zone provided that other portals
>will not be supported
> 2) we have developed our own
>game  zone,  with  more  possibilities than one by
>ICC,  and  we  will  promote  it.
>

Where does this leave ChessPartner and Lex Loep?  The latest ChessPartner
connects to ICC fine.

Have you heard any such comments from ICC, Lex?

-elc.

---
> It enables CA8 clients:
>
>a)  to  play  tournaments with prizes
>
>b)  to  observe  games  of  large tournaments (for
>example  Russian  Championship)
>
> c)  to  have  online  support  CA8
>
>d) to watch lectures of grand masters
>
>Chess   Tiger   2004  is  not  added  to  CA  7.1.
>Differences  in  force  of  Chess  Tiger  2004  in
>comparison  with  Tiger  15 are insignificant. UCI
>engine is not provided for Chess Tiger 2004.
>
>--
>Best regards
>Ms. Natalia Kovaleva,
>Support Manager, Convekta Ltd.,
>info@convekta.com



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