Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:29:58 05/22/02
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Thanks for the info! I bought Genius v1 and v2 when they were new, then bought the CD-ROM with versions up to (and including) 5.0 in the past year or so. I always wonder whether or not I should find somebody selling 6.5 and buy that too, or just be happy with v5. On May 22, 2002 at 16:56:13, ujecrh wrote: >On May 22, 2002 at 15:58:00, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>Do you have, or know where I can find, a list of the feature changes between >>each successive Chess Genius revision? >> > >The following is far from exhaustive as I do not have Genius installed on this >machine to check for all changes but this is what I remember. > >>v1 to v2 > >At least the display mode that is then VGA 640x480 >Probably the change of name occured sometimes here (from Mephisto Genius to >Chess Genius) > >>v2 to v3 > >New functionalities like databases support (CBF), previously Genius supported >only its .GAM format. > >>v3 to v4 > >V4 is the first windows version, engine is also more agressive > >>v4 to v5 > >Book learning is added (which is the reason I disagree with people saying that >V3 is the strongest one, even if the stength is almost the same, on the long run >V5 is better) > >>v5 to v6 > >Complete change of GUI, you also forgot V6.1 which, if I recalled correctly was >the first to support external engines (a winboard adapter was available for >download too). > >Support of autoboard external chessboard disappears at V6 so I stopped buying it >here and so I don't know much about 6.5. > >>v6 to v6.5 is the only one I think I've seen described in recent year. >> >>TIA! >> >> -Roy. > >I hope this helps. > >Ujecrh
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