Author: Wit Braslawski
Date: 17:15:07 11/07/01
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Dear Mr. Palang, Thanks for your posting at CSS and for your request per email. Here you will find my answers and some additional info you probably need to understand better what exactly we will offer for sales: The user becomes the product Chess Academy Goliath Blitz, includes Chess Academy 2000 ver. 5.5 SE database, tutorial and playing program (with Chess Academy engine included, but without opening and middlegame book) + Chess Academy "Select" database, 2002 edition, total about 1,700,000 games without doubles + tutorial examples + Goliath Blitz 1.0 engine with engine-books included. This Chess Academy program version has been designed and compiled on 3 Nov 2001, with slightly reduced number of program features comparing with full versions of Chess Academy 2000 ver. 5.5 Expert and Chess Academy 6.0 Office. 1. There is possible to convert databases from CBF and PGN format and use them under Chess Academy Goliath Blitz. "Joining databases" option is disabled (this option is enabled in Chess Academy eBooks+, Chess Academy 5.5 Experts packages and Chess Academy 6.0 Office packages). 2. There are numerous WinBoard-compatible engines which can be used them under Chess Academy Goliath Blitz. An appropriate configuration files will be placed on our website, so you can copy any config file them, register WinBoard-compatible engine (Crafty for example) and use it. Special converter is not needable, our Chess Academy GUI support WinBoard-compatible engines. 3. There will be approx. 500.000 positions Goliath engine-book. 4. Chess Academy reads (converts into own Chess Academy format) pgn and cbf files. The net price for end-customers outside European Union (VAT not included) will be exactly 35 USD, S&H not included. For customers inside European Union there will be retail price in EUR, including VAT, S&H not included. I hope that the price sounds to be very attractive for end-customers, but if you will see what we currently offer (eBooks, eBooks+, Chess Academy 5.5 Expert packages and 6.0 Office packages, you will find probably that all our products are interesting, when we speaking about value and prices. The product will be available as multi-language version of the program (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish). All tutorials are presented in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. The product will be shipped as CD-ROM with CD-Booklet (probably about 10 languages will be used for Installation Notes and Technical Support chapters of the booklet), easy installation (6 languages) from CD on your harddisk (appr. 450 MB free required), no copy protection. The program probably will be compatible with Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP Probably, because we will test very soon again under XP and if any trouble will be found, we will indicate appropriately. Sincerely yours Wit Braslawski Chess Academy Software Duesseldorf, Germany sales@chessacademy.de support@chessacademy.de braslawski@chessacademy.de Chess Academy in Internet: www.chessacademy.de www.chess-academy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Menniepals To: support@chessacademy.de Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:22 PM Subject: Goliath Blitz Hello, This program seems to be good reading about it on your website. I have a few questions:1. Can the user add downloaded games into its database? 2. Will other winboard engines be compatible with it and how easy would it be to install them? 3. How big would goliath's new book would be? 4. Are there other engines installed with it, example: Crafty or other strong winboard engines? 4. Would it read games in different formats: pgn, chess assistant format, chessbase or epd? I hope you can answer my questions. I already wrote about Goliath blitz on the message board of CCC and it would be nice to have more people aware of this program. Thanks, Alfred Palang
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