Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:28:44 11/14/02
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On November 14, 2002 at 00:27:27, George Sobala wrote: >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. Is there ANYBODY here at CCC who actually owns and uses both CA7 and CB8? Bob D.
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