Author: pavel
Date: 23:11:11 12/20/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 01:49:52, Thomas Mayer wrote: >Hi Pavel, > >> Any other chess program that you would recommend? >> >> (I have fritz5,6,7 junior6, chessmaster8k, gandalf4.32h) > >indeed a nice collection... :) Well, what would I recommend ? That's not easy to >answer for me - I am more a collector then anything other, I have nearly >everything... :) (Only two tops missing: I don't have any Junior and no >Hiarcs... But I may change that in the near future... :) > >Again it depends on you... what you want to do with them... etc... > >If you love to see them playing eng-eng matches I would recommand to play around >with the winboard-world... you will have enough to discover for the next 10 >years... especially when you want to get in contacts with some programmers, >other persons etc, this is the best choice, no other part of the computer chess >community is nearly as friendly and warm then the winboard-world, it's like a >big family... as soon as commercial aspects are involved, things get colder... >Well, that's life... > >okay, but now about the other commercials, I would give a try... (This is just >an opinion, as less objectiv as any other opinion) >Try to get any Shredder. A very good offer is the Millenium package 2001 at the >moment. You get Shredder 5 (which I believe is still not much worser then the >newest Shredder 6), Deep Shredder 5, Nimzo 2000, SOS and a good chosen part of >the 5-stone tablebases... Look at Gambitsoft, current price is really cheap and >it get's a clear "recommanded"-stamp from me... (Especially if you don't own any >of the programs mentioned there) Also you get Nimzo 2000 and a winboard version >of it, which you can use in any other GUI... (But not in ChessBase, simply >forget the winboard-adapter there... it's just a piece of crap...) >For SOS, Shredder 5 & Deep Shredder 5 there is also an adapter for winboard so >that you can use those engines in other GUIs (well, without their own book... >but anyway a good option) >Why I favor this package over the current Shredder 6 ? I think the Shredder 5 >GUI is at least as good as the new Shredder GUI, some said that they like the >old one even more... Instead of just one engine, you get 3 engines, Nimzo 2000 >is as strong as Nimzo 8 I believe, there isn't to much difference. You also can >use them under different GUIs. And you get 4 CD's with the most important 5 men >tablebases. And all this for 55$... > >Hm... what is next... I don't own Hiarcs... without Hiarcs a collection can't be >completed... Well, I am waiting for Hiarcs 8 here... >Also a Genius is definitely needed... You can get a version of Genius 2 (even a >windows version, I think) at GambitSoft for free... >You may also think about Rebel Century - Ed is the real dinosaur here and >without any rebel a collection can't be completed... :) (Oh well, I met him once >at the CSVN-Championship this spring - I think he did want to start a >conversation and I was very far away with my mind and didn't know who he is... >So the conversation was VERY short... what a pitty... hopefully he was not too >angry about me at that point, but I was in 7th heaven, thinking about my wins >against TheKing and SOS... :) > >if you can get somewhere for less money (don't spent more then 10 bucks on it, >for sure you will get it somewhere for that price) Chess System Tal 2, get it... >it is a very interesting engine - not as strong as the best, but plays with an >interesting style... the GUI is somewhat bad, but on the other hand, this now >quite old program was already capable to connect to FICS or ICC, I think it was >the first commercial program which could do that... > >So well, at the moment I didn't get more out of my mind... I myself own in >addition to the above mentioned software some very old products and the >Millenium Package 2000 where Genius 3-6.5 is included... also I own ChessVision >which I would recommand NOT to buy... :) But as I have mentioned above, I am a >collector, the chess software running the most on my PC is my chess engine and >winboard... I am a hardcore winboarder... :) > >Greets, Thomas > >P.S.: If someone reads the full posting: At the moment I search a cheap Hiarcs >7.32, a cheap Junior 7 and a cheap MChess Pro, whatever version... So if you >want to sell one... contact me... oh, and of course a cheap ChessAcademy 6 to >test their winboard adapter...
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