Author: gerold daniels
Date: 16:33:15 09/08/05
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On September 08, 2005 at 08:56:59, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >You cannot compare CM with CB. CB is the instrument for the chessplayers. CM on >the American market is for those who want to play chess for a while. I have some >versions of CM myself but due to time considerations I must make the decision >about what should I use on a daily base. You could also bring NIC into the >debate. All very nice, even led by a super GM (Jan Timman!), but you have the >same difficulty, you must transform the files. It's a pity. In Wijk I bought the >book with cdrom about all the Hoogoven tourneys and know what I haven't played >through the compilation because of time reasons. Of course, if I were born in >Holland I would certainly prefer NIC just for national warmth but I doubt it >because I'm cosmopolit and want to have the best. This is why I didn't have the >time for Chess Assistant although I always favor Russians if it comes to chess! >On the other hand I have INFORMATOR because it's simply state of the art. > >I'm not content with ChessBase. They have no good user handling when it comes to >bugs. But you know what? Often I learned much later after the event that certain >bugs were features of copyprotection, if you know what I mean. In special if it >comes to big databases. > >Here is my peace proposal for all Zappa supporters: > >Stay in the scene, do your job as best as you can - these ChessBase people are >all approaching 60 and I guess they would rather retire than being in a >bogie-wheel. Watch your cell-phone carefully and soon you will be in paradise. >Then you can sell to the amateurs and then every human being on this Earth will >play chess with at least 10 computers - just for testing purposes. Please put >some flowers on my grave then! > >Thanks, and all the best to you, >Rolf I will go first i think so i like red roses. :) Grave side prayer, Gerold.
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