Author: Thomas Mayer
Date: 21:44:52 12/20/01
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Hi Pavel, well, were to start ? As each dicision: It depends... :) If your focus is on analysis, big databases etc. and you want to do it under the same GUI, the answer is clear, get the Chessbase version... But in eng-eng matches you won't get full strength - there is no optimized book for the Tigers shipped with the ChessBase version. Especially for Gambit Tiger you would like to have one of Jeroen's books, they are really buildt to show Gambits special strength. I believe that those Tigers play quite well with all books, but Jeroen's books are definitely something special... If your focus is on eng-eng matches, I would recommand maybe the ChessAssistant, because you can also implement UCI & MCS-engines. Especially when you don't have a good database so far, this one is first choice, because you get a strong engine AND one of the best if not THE best database. Also you can connect ICC... Forget the Fritz-Server, so far it is more a joke then a serious option... if you DON'T need the database and want to have the nice books for Tiger, then you should choose the Rebel Tiger. You can't implement UCI & MCS engines, but the winboard adapter is one of the best around, the implementation is not that easy but it works perfect if you have done it right. Together with ChessAcademy, ChessAssistant and ChessMaster 8000 this is definitely the best implementation of winboard in a professional GUI... (AFTER you have installed the newest adapters... Lex did a great job, the older ones weren't that good, but now he is near perfection, I hope that the installation will be easier in the near future... the only point I can still critisize...) Also you can connect to ICC and FICS... When you own the Rebel Tiger GUI, you can still play ChessBase engines against the Tiger, just use the auto232-protocol, put a nullmodem-cable on your two serial ports and let them play against each other... But be careful with CPU time, take a look on it... the ChessBase GUI seems to have kind a swindle mode here... :) So well, I can't make your decision, but maybe you have some more points to think about now... Greets, Thomas
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