Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 22:02:04 06/14/03
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On June 14, 2003 at 15:20:13, Uri Blass wrote: >On June 14, 2003 at 14:02:44, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On June 14, 2003 at 12:51:13, zeidoun wrote: >> >>>So that , i don't understand why this is a sad news. >>>They prouved with Junior 8 that they are really serious. Everyone can make wrong >>>decisions, but the good guy is the one that recognizes this and try to correct >>>it. >> >>We are not talking about Junior 8 here. This was obviously a major Bug and the >>fix was absolutely necessary. Someone reported a loss on time in no more than 23 >>moves. >> >>This is sad news for several reasons. >>First of all Chessbase might decide to release only a CB-native version and not >>the expected UCI and Winboard compatible version. > > >I think that it is the decision of the programmer and not of chessbase. > >>This would mean that you are not able to use Gandalf in Chess Assistant 7.1, >>SCID or Shredder classic. >>Even if they will release such a version you still have to pay also for the >>Fritz GUI. > >I do not see it in this way >I pay only for the engine. >The question if I get new gui or do not get gui is not a factor that >influence my decision to buy a new engine. You can not buy the engine without GUI. So you have to spend part of the money for the GUI. Quite logical... > >New GUI can be a disadvantage because when I am used to one GUI I can find it >hard to get used to another gui and UCI engines and winboard engines can be used >also under chessbase GUI. UCI engines,many winboard engines and also MCS engines can not be used in the Chessbase database program. > >I have tiger14 with chesspartner GUI but I almost do not use it in that GUI. I have orderd Chess Assistant 7 but I dont think I will be able to use Tiger 15 or Gambit Tiger III in any other GUI. >The problem is that it is more convenient to use all chess engines in the same >GUI and I see no reason to change GUI if all the chess engines can work on the >same GUI. > Have you ever been successful in connecting to ICC or FICS with your Chessbase GUI? Michael >Uri
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