Author: Robin Smith
Date: 15:51:16 01/02/04
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On January 02, 2004 at 18:25:29, Albert Silver wrote: > >>could make an equally strong case for Chessbase. There _is_ a reason most GM's >>use Chessbase. > >Yes, Chessbase got a Windows version in first, and despite being technically >inferior or equal at best in every single aspect to Chess Assistant, it is tough >getting people to relearn a newer system. That's why they continue to use it. >This has been the universal reason, not a single exception, given by the players >themselves when shown what Chess Assistant had to offer. They also like the >looks of Chessbase. However, if you are looking to study, prepare or improve >your game, CA is where it's at. Actually, to be fair, Chessbase has a wonderful >database, the latest offering of Mega2004 for example (though I only have >Mega2003, which I bought and use in CA). > >Try having Chessbase analyze a game. Try having Fritz turn on the engine and see >what it thinks of a move. > > Albert > >>But I digress. I think we can agree, as you stated above, that >>for the casual user a $50 program like Fritz is good enough. >> >>Robin Albert, I have both Chessbase and Chess Assistant (7.1). I personally, for what I do, prefer Chessbase. And not because of "the universal reason" you site above. While it is not the _only_ limitation of Chess Assitant, the _biggest_ is the lack of strong engine support, only Tiger and Shredder. Both of these programs do not handle interative analysis as well as Hiarcs, Fritz or Junior, all three of which do a better job retaining hash table info when working interactively. Shredder and Tiger also have some evaluation quirks. And try running an engine tournament from within Chess Assistant. These limitations of Chess Assistant are all severe for top level analysis. Of course Chessbase has limitations too. CA trees are much better than CB. Database searches are faster and CA has some search features not in CB. Like I said, I have both. But I use Chessbase and/or the Fritz GUI most often. Robin
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