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Subject: Re: List 5.12 as Chessbase native engine

Author: CLiebert

Date: 07:32:01 01/30/04

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During the next days you will find a rating of List 512 Native and List 512 UCI
under http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/bff-liste.htm
There are still some games to play...

Regards
Christian




On January 30, 2004 at 09:28:28, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On January 30, 2004 at 07:19:30, Mike Hood wrote:
>
>>On January 30, 2004 at 07:06:10, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On January 30, 2004 at 06:19:49, Mike Hood wrote:
>>>
>>>>Following the recent free release of the UCI version of List 5.12 I wrote to
>>>>Chessbase to ask whether the Chessbase native version would be offered free. I
>>>>received the reply "Diese Engine wird nicht von uns entwickelt. Da müssten Sie
>>>>ggf. den Autoren anschreiben." (engl. "This engine is not developed by us. You
>>>>should write to the author").
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have Fritz's email address so I can contact him, please?
>>>
>>>     Why List512 as native engine. UCI is in my opinion
>>>     quite ok. I do no see your point: please clarify.
>>>     Kurt
>>
>>My point is quite simple: I don't trust the Chessbase UCI interface. I've had
>>various cases of engines that work perfectly in Arena, but either don't load in
>>the Fritz GUI or only load after a few seconds have elapsed from the clock. If
>>the native version of List didn't exist, I wouldn't ask for one to be provided.
>>But it does exist, and it is currently rated 7th in the CSS list. In his
>>comments at http://www.computerschach.de/rangliste/aktuelles.htm Klaus Wlotzka
>>seems to think that Chessbase is holding the engine back because of an upcoming
>>commercial version. But now I have been told by Chessbase that no commercial
>>version is planned, and it's up to the author what he does with the engine.
>
>It seems to me that the first line of attack would have the objective of fixing
>the Fritz GUI.
>
>Bob D.



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