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Subject: Re: wouldn't it be great to have chessbase rebel 12 !!

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:15:40 05/25/03

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On May 25, 2003 at 10:11:04, Jonas Bylund wrote:

>On May 25, 2003 at 03:28:50, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On May 25, 2003 at 00:48:14, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On May 24, 2003 at 23:28:01, ERIQ wrote:
>>>
>>>>or engine for unix. just a thought
>>>
>>>I think it would be a good idea for Ed to contract to ChessBase, but I doubt it
>>>will ever happen...too bad, it's a worthy engine and belongs in the top group
>>>sold by the top group!
>>>
>>>OTOH, Ed is giving Rebel 12 away for free, but it would be nice if Ed at least
>>>allowed Rebel 12 to run as a UCI engine in a ChessBase product.
>>
>>>Terry
>>
>>Dreaming is allowed Terry :-)
>>
>>But I have some good news to mention, in the past (ahem 1998) I made a promise
>>that REBEL-10 customers would be able to download a pre-release of the Windows
>>version we were working at the time. Unfortunately this project never was
>>finished, multiple tries failed for various reasons resulting in a broken
>>promise to customers.
>>
>>After my retirement last year there was still this wish to fulfill that old
>>promise and I am confident to say that the time is near that within a couple of
>>weeks REBEL-10 customers can download a pre-release of REBEL-12, the version as
>>it is now in its current state of development. Not all has been programmed yet.
>>
>>The download will run about 30-45-60 days (or so) on your PC, there will be a
>>REBEL-10 cdrom check, but I would say just wait for the announcement.
>>
>>My best,
>>
>>Ed


>Hi Ed great news!
>
>Does this mean that those of us who don't own any previous ver. of Rebel (in
>this case Rebel 10) will have to purchase Rebel 10 in order to get the Rebel 12
>for chesspartner, or will it be sold seperately as well?

Hi Jonas,

No, no. I think it is a safe thing to say by now that there will be a commercial
version of Rebel 12 (under Chesspartner) later this year. The work involved is
not so much any more.

My best,

Ed


>Jonas



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