Author: Arturo Ochoa
Date: 07:05:03 10/21/00
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On October 21, 2000 at 09:23:39, Mike Adams wrote: > I'm thinking of spending some money on chess engines. I'm definitely going >to get the rebel 11 package because as a winboard programmer i can use it to >play pulsar on internet and get it to use books created under that interface >rather than worry about figuring out how to read pgn files which i would have to >do to make a bigger book. > In addtion i spend quite a bit of time playing engines under fritz 5.32 >interface. i have many winboard engines that run there. But i have the fritz 6 >demo and its a nicer interface. Also i get crashes in 5.32 from time to time and >I think maybe the fritz 6 interface would be more stable. But i dont want >another fritz engine. So basicly the choice is young talents and junior 6 which >both run off the fritz 6 interface I believe. Which would you recomend? I have >actually allready purchased gromit 3.1 from chessbase under engines direct. Also >some of the young talents seem to be available for free such as phalanx and >goliath 2000. So i'm leaning toward junior 6 which seems to offer a quality >engine for a slightly cheaper price which i cant download for free any earlier >versions. > Finnaly i'm considering getting chessmaster 7000 or 8000. I'm mainly >considering this because i've heard good things about its many playing styles >and i understand its relatively inexpensive. But i dont want burdemsome copy >protection. I read on the fact section of chessmaster 7000 that it doesnt need >the cd to play but it refuels. Is this true and is the refueling infrequent? I >heard something hear that chessmaster 8000 may require the cd at all times. And >i saw that chessmaster 6000 requires the cd at all times on a review page. So >chessmaster 7000 seems like the best buy and maybe after chessmaster 8000 comes >out, 7000 might be discounted i'm thinking. > I probably wont do this all at once. I might buy the chessbase engine this >week but i'll wait tell novemeber or december for chessmaster and i'll probably >get the junior 11 package in early novemeber. And i may not bother with >chessmaster seeing that i have quite a few engines allready. Just depends on hwo >good a deal I find on it. Hello: I think this is a very difficult question for answering in one posted message. The clue point is: what are your real needs as a Programmer? For example, I have realized in your postings that you have been pretty worried in getting the Communication Compatibility among the most important Chess GUISs. If this is your intention, you should buy at least two of the most important GUIs that you like it or those ones that offers you the best operations options for putting in function your Winboard Engine succesfully. I cannot give comparisons because I don't know how it functions the future Winboard Adapter in ChessMaster 8000. But I have ChessPartner 5.0b, Fritz and the Chess Millenium System that offers you a winboard adapter. Mi liking goes to the Chess Partner 5.0 and the Chess Millenium System GUIs. Best Regards, Arturo.
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