Author: Eran
Date: 13:56:18 05/31/98
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On May 31, 1998 at 16:00:30, Ernst Walet wrote: >On May 31, 1998 at 12:39:17, Eran wrote: > >> >> >>Hi, >> >>Since I am a positional player favoring slow games in Rebel9, I do not >>know whether I need ChessBase or TascBase and why. In addition, I do >>not know exactly what the purpose of ChessBase or TascBase is. I never >>bought one of them before; I am not sure whether I will buy one until I >>fully understand why ChessBase or TascBase is so important to any strong >>positional player. >> >>What are the best benefits given by ChessBase, TascBase, or any other >>database software? Are they very helpful to any strong chess player? >>If so, how? Please give me several examples how any strong positional >>chess player manages ChessBase or TascBase to gain benefits in chess. >> >>Which is the best chess database software, ChessBase, TascBase, or any >>other one, and why? >> >>The reason I am considering very carefully about any other commercial >>database software is that they have several million games comparing to >>Rebel's Topbase database file that has only about 116,000 games and that >>is not enough. On the other hand, the commercial chess database >>software is quite expensive. >> >>Your help is greatly appreciated. >> >>Thank you, >>Eran > > >Hi Eran, > >Let me share my opinion with you on the differences of Rebel9 and >Tascbase 2.1 but first; they have a lot in common, including their >price, see Gambitsoft. > >Ok, their differences as I see it. Rebel is of course up to date with >it's playing strength, as Ed is developing this all the time. Tasc's >engine, The King, is quite strong too, but not really state of the art >anymore and more important, not in development anymore, since Johan de >Koning no longer works with Tasc, as I've been told. I could be wrongly >informed though so don't pin me down on this one. Fact is that Johan de >Koning told in a dutch magazine after the dutch championship last year >that The King did not get any stronger lately. When I look at Tascbase >2.0 and 2.1, the development is small, and I don't think there will be a >Tascbase for Windows. > >Tascbase as it is now however has everything you need as a database. It >has a collection of 400,000+ games and you can search in every way you >like i.e. player, gamelength, country, title, Elo, time, date, opening, >board pattern etc. >So the acccent on Tascbase is.... on its database functions. The King >in Tascbase i.e. can not use more than 8MB hash, which I find a pity. > >Because Rebel9 and Tascbase 2.1 can exchange data through PGN files, >they can add to each other's functionality. > >The new Rebel10 however will have more database functions as well, and a >much bigger database included, see www.rebel.nl and this database is >constantly updated, and that is a big pro. > >So concluding, I use both Rebel9 and Tascbase2.1, and enjoy this >combination very much. > >Kind regards, Ernst-Jan. Hi Ernst-Jan, Thank you for your help. I will consider about Rebel10 and Rebel Million Games when available next summer. Take care, Eran
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