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Subject: Re: Sorry: Half-Right :)

Author: Randy Schmidt

Date: 05:22:49 12/10/00

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>>Actually we are both right!  ICD's product lets you download 1000 games a week,
>>but Chess Assistant's "extra data service" is 2000 games a week!  To wit:
>>
>>The database included contains 1,160,000 games (up to Jan. 1, 2000), of which
>>5,000 are commented. A great deal of effort went into cleaning the headers,
>>moves, and of course removing duplicates, and as such, is perfect as a reference
>>database. In order to help maintain the quality of the database, and keep it
>>up-to-date, 1,000 new games can be downloaded every week directly into Chess
>>Assistant. Or if you really can’t afford to miss a thing, Chess Assistant offers
>>a special subscription service that offers over 2000 games weekly via e-mail or
>>direct download.
>
>Sorry,but it seems that the "extra data service" does not exist anymore as
>I own CA 5.1 and registered it just for this but never got any answer from
>their side since over a month :( (and I heard the same from a friend)
>The "normal" update service still works though...
>
>Günther


Each week for the past 48 odd weeks, I have been getting my data exactly as I
described above.  What do you mean by "normal"?

Randy



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