Author: Marc Plum
Date: 18:02:22 05/12/99
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I know the urge to buy software. I have seven different commercial playing programs plus ChessBase 6.01 (I've been able to resist the temptation to update to version 7). I can't say that I need all of these, all of the playing programs have their individual strengths and weaknesses, but any one would probably meet my needs. I can't really complain about the price on any one (except that a couple came down *after* I bought them), so why should I complain that it is expensive to buy all of them? When you talk about "engines" being expensive, doesn't it depend on exactly what is coming with the package? For example, around a year ago I paid around $50 for the Hiarcs6 engine for Fritz 5.00. This was a single floppy with the Hiarcs6 eng, Hiarcs6.dll, and a small readme.txt file. No manual, no opening books, no interface of its own, no extras. I now think that I paid more than this was worth, but I should have known better. Just recently, I bought the Nimzo99 CD for a little under $50. Although this is an engine that could be used with Fritz 5.32, it is also a complete program, with its own interface, large opening books, other engines, and database capabilities. With the other programs I have, I didn't really need this, but for what I got, can you really say this is an unreasonable price? Perhaps we both need to cut back on spending and just play. :-) Marc
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