Author: George Sobala
Date: 21:27:27 11/13/02
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On November 13, 2002 at 21:34:56, andrew tanner wrote: >On November 13, 2002 at 20:10:56, Matthew Barnett wrote: > >>What OS does the desktop you're able to run it on have? Is the problem specific >>to XP and if so what is its nature? >> >>I've been thinking about buying CA7 next month (I already have CB8) but if there >>are problems with it and XP then I might hold my horses until things settle in >>the new year. >> >>Bests >> >>Matthew > >What features does CA have the CB8 doesn't? Good question, and I am not the best person to answer as I don't have CB8 - only have read about it and own other CB products.But here goes: 1. I think that CA7 has "next-generation" handling of the engines to produce analysis: the engines may be the same (or similar) but the GUI is now using them much more intelligently to generate analysis. ChessBase analysis I believe has basically 2 options: how long to ponder per move and what delta value. CA7 analysis probably has more than 20 options in advanced mode - but you have simple ways of getting at these too. In Chessbase you will never see the moves that failed to meet the cut; in CA7 you will - and the variations that ensued - but not cluttering up the game analysis proper, they are in a seperate window. Its also really neat to be able to click on ANY move in ANY window - main game text, engine output, variation windows and to see the board for that position. Oh, did I mention the ability to run an extra analysis engine on a second computer over the network? (Or a third, or a fourth - each can be given different types of task.) 2. Excellent ICC capabilites with all that means in terms of being able to observe real games (I refer chiefly to the classical GM games that ICC relay) with all that analytical power under the hood. 3. 2 million game database included with product, not as extra. Entire database is indexed into opening tree. 4. CAP data - 10 million opening positions have already been pre-analysed by computer and you can see these values as you browse through the tree. I have come to CA7 via Chessmaster8000, Hiarcs8, and Scid and I feel like a kid in a sweetie shop.
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