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Subject: Re: Shredder / ChessBase Criticism

Author: pete stein

Date: 09:39:29 05/19/01

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On May 19, 2001 at 10:16:24, Albert Silver 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
>
>Why should they make their GUI freeware?
>
>                            Albert
>
>
>> 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

Fritz light, the UCI protocol, most WinBoard engines and WinBoard are freeware
already. If ChessBase want their GUI to become widespread, they will offer it as
freeware to run freeware engine tournaments, what is a very discrete form of
publicity for their commercial products.

Pete



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