Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 04:52:16 12/02/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 13:38:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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've explained this about a million and two times. The Chessbase GUI does not and cannot connect directly to ICC. It is impossible to kibitz moves for a chessbase native engine unless another GUI is used (which then, would make it UCI or winboard.) An hour of work my ass. -elc.
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