Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 10:34:53 09/24/02
Go up one level in this thread
On September 24, 2002 at 07:50:40, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 24, 2002 at 06:16:08, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On September 24, 2002 at 05:48:19, Ingo Bauer wrote: >> >>>Yes you are right for the Lokasoft Chesspartner GUI. What Frank asked is if CT15 >>>(the engine) is UCI or WB compatible. >> >>?? >> >>i don't think it is. >> >> >>and i see no reason why it should. >>if chessbase users want it to have in fritz, chessbase can make a deal >>with christophe. > >Being WB compatible has nothing to do with chessbase. > >Winboard is a free interface. >Frank criticizes also chessbase for not doing Junior or Fritz WB compatible. > >Being WB compatible can allow the commercial programs to play in more >tournaments. > >Leo is testing all the stable winboard engines in his tournament. > >Gandalf5 plays in the AM/com >Tiger,Fritz,Junior,Rebel do not play there > >The question is what is the motivation of programmers to do their engines not >winboard compatible. > >Are they afraid that more people are going to copy and steal their engines if >they can play also in the winboard interface? > >Uri Hi, in my opinion the firms have a false marketing opinion. Every firm can more engines for sell if the engines are also compatible to WinBoard or UCI. Yes, the copy protection is a reason! Look the way from John Merlino and his team. It's to 75% OK, unfortunately, no opening book if I will play under WinBoard ifself. Best Frank
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.