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Subject: Re: Shredder / ChessBase Criticism

Author: pete stein

Date: 09:36:01 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 10:42:43, Martin Schubert wrote:

>On May 19, 2001 at 09:59:41, pete stein wrote:
>
>>Instead of building 2 different Gui's, it would be better to combine the best of
>>Fritz GUI (opening book/database/engine tournaments) and the best of Shredder
>>GUI (triple / octal or multi brain) into 1 freeware GUI to which noncommercial
>>and commercial engines be added, all engines using 1 and the same protocol
>>(either UCI, either Winboard protocol).
>>The commercial engines could still come with their personal opening book,
>>database, engines settings/personalities, logos, etc but not changing the
>>standard GUI.
>>
>>Pete
>
>How should that be possible? Maybe on compony wants to add some functions to
>their engine. And the GUI must support these functions. And how can one GUI
>support all possible functions? For example Fritz has a lot of fun levels,
>Shredder doesn't.
>
>Martin


Technically it's always possible, and it won't be very difficult either.

Pete



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