Author: Andreas Mader
Date: 12:23:41 03/17/98
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I see that nearly all of you believe that there is nothing wrong with the ChessBase politic. This is OK by me, but it is also a very sad moment, because I believe that this is the beginning of the end of the SSDF list which I like very much. There is nothing wrong IMO if the normal settings (opening library, playing style, endgame table bases etc.) are set to the optimum by a program if it plays in autoplayer mode. But I think it is not right if a special hardware is required. What will happen next? Next version of Rebel requirering a minimum of 128 MB hash tables (you know, RAM is extremely cheap these days!)? Next version of Hiarcs requirering a minimum of a Pentium II with 300 MHz (you know, this is the standard these days!)? Genius 6A (for the SSDF with autoplayer and special settings) and Genius 6B (for the ordinary buyer without autoplayer)? All these things are legal and there is nothing wrong in doing so? Good! Be sure that the next version of the Nimzo autoplayer will not work with less than an optimum of hardware. The reason? Self defense and those things.... Best wishes Andreas P.S.: Are the Fritz5 games reproducable with less than 44 MB of hash tables (it is said that there a few people who doesn't own 64 MB RAM - unbelievable, but true!)?
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