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Subject: Re: The old problem ...

Author: Frank Quisinsky

Date: 10:08:23 09/03/01

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On September 03, 2001 at 12:58:51, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On September 03, 2001 at 12:28:30, Sergei Smith wrote:
>
>>Chess Assistant offers the Tiger engine for free :
>>
>>http://www.chessassistant.com/software/ca/ca60/tiger.htm
>>
>>How to install Tiger in WinBoard ?
>>
>>I do not know how to do it.
>
>Chess Tiger is not a WinBoard engine and as far as I know is therefore not
>running under WinBoard.
>Kurt

Hi Kurt,

amateur programmers make here Engine compatible to commercial GUIs.
Professionals make here GUIs compatible to amateur engines.

But the professionals have no interest to make here engine compatible to
WinBoard and within compatible to all other important professional GUIs.

The amateurs work hand in hand the professionls works not hand in hand so far.
But maybe in the future, UCI is one good way by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Rudolf
Huber.

Is the reason now money?
No, the professional can more CDs for sell.

What is the reason ... false people on the false position ... in my opinion.

Furthermore, Chess-Base have a great and own engine concept and a lot of strong
programs are running fine under Chess-Base GUIs. Chess-Base make also different
things for amateur chess. But the best situation is if Chess-Base make

a) Better WinBoard support
b) The free UCI concept compatible to Chess-Base 8 and the next Fritz GUI
version.

Maybe the best way, WinBoard is great and I am a fan from WinBoard but for much
persons to complicated. UCI is easy ...

We will looked in the future and I think the programmer from Chess Tiger make
also a great work. His program is compatible to Chess-Partner, Chess-Assistant,
Chess-Base but not to WinBoard or UCI.

The interesting professional program is Gandalf by Steen Suurballe, compatible
to all commercial GUIs and user have the most possibilitys.

Best
Frank



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