Author: Mike S.
Date: 10:34:14 09/20/03
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On September 20, 2003 at 09:04:51, Bob Durrett wrote: >(...) Why was the decision made to >make The King incompatible with the Fritz GUI? There never was such a decision. The logic is vice versa: You have to make a decision to *make it compatible* (in case of the Fritz GUI, an engine programmer would need cooperation with ChessBase to do so, because the CB native protocol isn't published). Basically, no engine will be compatible with *any* GUI (or GUI/engine protocol) before programmers decide to make it compatible, IOW to adapt it to a protocol like WinBoard, UCI, CB, MGS... The King is much older than any GUI/engine concepts and protocols in chess software (maybe except Xboard, but not in the DOS/Windows world). It existed even before engines & GUIs were separated. But since the Chessmaster 8000 (King 3.12) version, it basically is WinBoard compatible, but not independant from the CM GUI - I think we all know the "OPK number" topic. Of course, I would appreciate the release of a "cb-native" King (or a UCI King to run without any hassle in several GUIs), and actually I think it wouldn't significantly harm the sales of Chessmaster. (Maybe it would harm the sales of Junior or Hiarcs etc. somewhat, although, I often read from fans who write, "I'm buying every engine, must have all" :-)). Let's wait for Santa :-)) I mean, CM9000 wasn't translated into german, and was not sold like usual before, in Germany. I can only guess one reason why that could have made sense, for UBI Soft. Maybe I have a nose... (but not like Pinocchio, I hope :-)) Regards, M.Scheidl
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