Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 10:40:25 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 13:25:54, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >On July 30, 2000 at 12:23:10, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On July 30, 2000 at 11:43:54, pavel wrote: >> >>>hi guys, >>> I am planning to buy a "strong" commercial winboard engine. >>>AFAIK there are 3 commercial winboard engines, shredder3, wbnimzo, and Diep (not >>>sure though). are there any other I am missing? >> >>A WinBoard compatible version of the danish program Gandalf will be released >>sometime in the nearby future. Presumeably after the Mindgames event. Look at >>the results from Frank's CCE tournament for an estimation of the strength. >>There's also Capture, Patzer and Zarkov, but I'm not sure if they're >>commercially available as WinBoard engines. I'm planning to purchase Gandalf >>when it's released, because it appears very strong and because it's a danish >>program. >> >>>As I heard shredder4 does not >>>have a winboard version. Also I am confused about nimzo, which one is the >>>latest? nimzo 7.32 or nimzo 2000b?? >> >>Only the Nimzo 2000 package contains a WinBoard version AFAIK. >> >>>I am assuming shredder is strongest among the winboard engines.......or is it >>>nimzo? >> >>No, Gandalf :o)). >> >>Best wishes... >>Mogens > >Hi Mogens, > >yes I think Gandalf is in my opinion one of the strongest 5 chess programs at >the moment. > >I think that all professional programmers have interest to get more money for >his work and a CD with GUI + WinBoard engine is that who the most user have >interest. > >The user is the king ! >(give his money) > >But, please not a new engine concept or engine with copy protection ! >The false way ! > >It is interesting ... > >Yes we will use WinBoard engines, we use the work from 60-100 programmers but >the own program has a copy protection or run not under other GUIs, Chessmaster >8000 is the youngest example when I understand the messages correct :-)) > >It is curious, the professionls will use the work from the amateurs for an >better marketing and give not that what the user will ! > >I mean all new GUIs are compatible to WinBoard, or is this false ? > >The first GUI with an engine concept are Chess-Base GUIs with the engines >Analyses 1.0, Hiarcs 4, Fritz 1.2 ... > >Now I think over 100 versions from engines for Chess-Base GUis. When the concept >from an other firm is good (a lot of compatible programs) is a new engine >concept OK. But one engine and a copy protection for other GUIs is ... >(I will not say this). > >On the other hand I have more people on my webpage which have interest on >Chessmaster, this is good ! > >Regards >Frank I can`t understand the marketing strategy. In my eyes is a CD with a WinBoard engines interesting for all groups from user and a firm has a good chance to sell more CD`s (a lot of more CD`s) ! Or is this not right, when Winboarders, MCS lovers, Chess Academy lovers, Chess Assistant lovers, BookUp lovers, Chessvision lovers, Chessbaslers, Chess Partner lovers and the others can play with TheKing under all this GUIs. Regards Frank
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