Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 01:44:21 11/13/97
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On November 13, 1997 at 00:13:53, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On November 12, 1997 at 17:55:08, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>As most people know now, Junior will come as Fritz/ChessBase engine! >>I have heard from another programmer who will sell his program >>next year as Fritz engine, too. >>This brings the number of available engines to nearly 10!! >> >>Nothing against ChessBase, but I would find it >>very boring when the next WCCC shows only Fritz boards >>on all computers and inside work Hiarcs, Junior, M-Chess, >>Nimzo, Genius, CS-Tal, Rebel etc. >> >>Am I the only person who has a strange feeling about this >>development? Are individual programs not much more colorful? >>Bert > >Actually, I like the idea. The unified interface doesn't require a >re-learning of the keystrokes necessary to accomplish each task, the >included database is good, and if they were to add computer-computer >connectivity with error checking, and computer-ICC or FICS connectivity, >I'd be very happy. To rely on an non-upgraded, and obsolete autoplayer >that attepts to interface from the outside is wasting a lot of my time >with interrupted games, and at 40/2 that's a lot of wasted time. I >wouldn't mind the tax for the special cable if there were consistent >upgrades, and better functionality. As far as the argument against >including FICS connectivity is concerned, an unswitchable whisper at the >beginning of a FICS-connected game would prevent cheaters, but allow >people to see the style of the commercial game they are thinking of >buying. A program like CSTal would benefit greatly from this, Just wait for the Windows 98 version ...... :) Chris Whittington > since its >style is so enjoyable to watch. It would also allow more games against >humans, which so many say they desire. > >kp
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