Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 16:50:30 04/01/98
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On April 01, 1998 at 02:14:51, Ed Schröder wrote: >>Hi Ed: > >Hi Fernando, > >>Well, if you ask some input, why not. I would like... >>a)... a kind of post mortem analysis like that by Power Chess, not >>neccesarily with voices but judging crucial moves made by the human side > >This principal is planned for Rebel10 but not in the Power Chess way. > > >>b) and something that nobody has, a partner capable of warning us each >>time we are playing the wrong moves in an opening. > >Nice idea I agree, not planned. > > >>c) ...and the same for the ending? > >Planned, see (a) > > >>d) Yes, I know this is somewhat silly, but a video device like that in >>the windows version of Nimzo, but with not so sarcastic comments from >>you would or could be nice. Sorry, I am not a "professional" >>customer.... > >Unlikely we ever will program such "multi-media" things in Rebel. >Viewing pictures or movies of chess players, important events, >interviews and so on, I say yes. > >But I don't believe in a Rebel like Kasparov's Gambit if you know >what I mean. I noticed that "the majority" of people (including >myself) love these kind of things right after purchase but after >a few days "the majority" put it off and never use it again. > > Well, Ed, let me talk like a market pro as sometime I was: if you get people love that kind of things after purchase, even just for a while, then surely you will get them to love them before the purchase.. and this one will happens... Truht that after some time you forget it, but nevertheless you always come back and in any case does not bother. M;y feeling is: each additional thing a prtogram can carry is benefit when strenght in itself is not anymore decisive. Cheers Fernando >>e) Maybe different personalities like in other programs, but really >>different and significant. No just passive or active, but agressive like >>Tal or conservative like Karpov. > >I totally agree. This is a nice challenge. But it should be good then. >It is very difficult to program this. I remember I already had a lot >of trouble adding the NOVICE option in Rebel, not to speak about the >ELO option. Making the program stronger is one, making the program >weaker AND doing that in a decent way is an art in itself. > > >>f) and of course a lot better, prettier GUI. With a pretty clock, >>boards, etc. You have wonderfull designer in Holland... > >Who do you mean? > >- Ed - > > >>Cheers >>Fernando
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