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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