Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:38:57 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 13:35:22, Chessfun wrote: >On December 01, 2003 at 13:32:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 01, 2003 at 13:02:18, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On December 01, 2003 at 11:25:52, Bob Durrett wrote: >>> >>>>On December 01, 2003 at 11:07:47, Volker Richey wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>> >>>>>News: Hossa join CCT6 >>>>> >>>>>more informations under http://www.vrichey.de/cct6 >>>>> >>>>>volker >>>> >>>>Where are the front-runner commercial programs? Will they just join later? Or, >>>>what? >>>> >>>>Bob D. >>> >>>Most don't kibitz as required every move. That leaves out all ChesPartner >>>engines and Chessbase engines. >> >>That isn't true. IE Crafty is a chessbase engine and it kibitzes just >>as it is supposed to. The programmers can do this if they _want_. It >>took me all of an hour to add this, and I originally had to add the ability >>to send kibitzes to xboard as well. > > >I answered specifically his question. "Where are the front-runner commercial >programs? Will they just join later?" > >Crafty to my knowledge is not commercial and is already included. > >Sarah. > Yes, but the point is not that they "can't" kibitz just because they are chess base programs, They "won't" kibitz. There is a difference. This has been the same mentality that has prevented operatorless tournaments with automatic interfaces. "We don't have an automatic interface, we are commercial, do you want to have an event without us?" CCT has said "yes". After a while, they will decide it is to their advantage to compete there, and kibitzing will happen. How long did it take them to get something that would let them play on a chess server? :) More importantly, _why_ did they do it? answer: marketing pressure. User demands. > > >>> I see Rebel 12 there I assume in Winboard though >>>whether it kibitz's every move as required I don't know. >>> >>>Sarah.
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