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Subject: Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 05:35:49 10/13/00

On October 13, 2000 at 05:27:08, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>If I try to condense everything you say into a few words it would be: Very
>strong engines, ICS support and little diskspace needed. Not significantly
>different from the first Rebel Tiger AFAIK.

:-)
Sure. Not only one but four STRONGER engines (note the plural!), ICS support,
customizable menues and extended database handling e.g.

>Otherwise it sounds more like WinBoard with a price tag.

Winboard??? Have you ever looked at Winboard and at ChessPartner? Winboard is by
far inferior to any GUI I have seen.

>The difference in being
>beaten to a pulp by either Crafty or Gambit Tiger is minimal for most people I
>imagine, but less painful if it's for free :o). Why not buy CM 8000 instead?

If your argument is price then CM8000 is also too expensive because it costs
money. Take Crafty and Winboard, that seems to be the best combination for you.

>Nice sales pitch, but a few more facts and specifics would be nice.
>
>Mogens.

Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mogens Larsen 06:03:45 10/13/00
- Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Harald Faber 08:28:40 10/13/00
  - Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mogens Larsen 09:36:44 10/13/00
    - Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Ratko V Tomic 16:58:53 10/13/00
    - Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Christophe Theron 09:58:54 10/13/00
      - Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mogens Larsen 11:39:43 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Christophe Theron 12:23:37 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Peter Skinner 15:15:56 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Christophe Theron 16:08:08 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mogens Larsen 13:13:13 10/13/00
        
        buy chessbase mogens Thorsten Czub 01:16:05 10/14/00
        
        Can't afford it, though I have a couple of shares. Mogens Larsen 01:22:21 10/14/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Uri Blass 14:31:13 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mogens Larsen 14:58:05 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Uri Blass 15:52:46 10/13/00
        
        Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Mike Adams 13:50:09 10/13/00
        
        A little info. Mogens Larsen 01:18:34 10/14/00
        
        Re: A little info. Harald Faber 02:18:37 10/15/00
        
        Re: A little info. Francesco Di Tolla 04:49:25 10/14/00
        
        Re: Thanks. Mogens Larsen 05:25:03 10/14/00
        
        buy chessbase mogens Thorsten Czub 03:04:08 10/14/00
        
        Re: buy chessbase mogens Mogens Larsen 03:51:19 10/14/00
        
        buy chessbase mogens Thorsten Czub 04:27:07 10/14/00
  - Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Don Prohaska 08:45:09 10/13/00
- Re: what does the new rebel package have that chessbase engines dont? Uri Blass 08:08:01 10/13/00

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