Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 08:28:37 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 06:54:21, Georg Langrath wrote: Hi, for me is absolutly clear, that commercial computerchess is in 2-3 years to 70%-80% death. Commercial programs are in the future only interesting for the market, big shops or so. In 2-3 years we have more good freeware GUIs, more strong and free available engines. The hardware is faster, top programs are maybe 50 ELO better to compare the best free available engines or not better. Commercial firms must thinking about better concepts for the next years. In the past people spend money for games and I sure in the past for engines. And now ? Chess server :-)) 5 years available in USA :-) We have only ~ 8 professionls, 120-150 WinBoard engines, other chess software. People must learn with time. Yesterday we love MChess, today Yace and tomorrow Leila. The work from all programmers is important and not the work from 1-2 programmers which not go with time and own concepts. So, commercial firms must learn a little bit, must more make for user. The best example is Christophe Theron ... here available for all user. But the most of the programmers make 1x in the year a version, people must give money and not more. We have a new multimedia time, but most of the older top programmers are live in the past. Other, a good example is Steen Suurballe with a WinBoard version for all commercial GUIs goes with the time. Important is, that we all have a nice time with computer chess and must not live from commercial computer chess. If people must live from commercial computer chess, please better events and new ideas for chess software and not: Fritz - Kramnik and the 5x Computer Chess World Champion Shredder is sitting at home and is looking Micky Mouse. For the older commercial computer chess guys ... goes with time please or commercial computer chess to 90% death in 2-3 years. Best Frank >The death of computerchess. > >In older days every tablechess was a piece of art. You talked about the design >and features as much as strength. Later came PC. Now you could talk about design >and features of interfaces instead beside strength. >Nowadays it seems as interfaces and new features are dying. Look at Fritz 7. It >looks like Fritz 6 if I haven’t misunderstood. It has one big development, and >that is communicating possibilities via Internet. >And Century 4. I have it. Although I like the interface it is the same as in >Century 3 in every detail. And it has some small new features. >That means that the important thing about buying new PC-chess nowadays is that >it perhaps is a little stronger. Often not more than as best 50 ELO. >I am not a strong chessplayer, but strength isn’t a problem for most of us >today. All programs are more than strong enough. Strength can be of importance >in analyze, but for few of us that important, that you are willing to spend 60$ >for an uncertain increase of perhaps 20 to 50 points. >And ordinary people are less interested in strength than those in CCC. >Perhaps there isn’t so much more to develop in features and design of interfaces >more, but I think that this means that most people will loose their interest in >buying new chessprograms. >Anybody that agree? > >Georg
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