Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:11:48 02/08/04
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On February 08, 2004 at 21:02:10, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>Hi Christophe,
>
>>>> But for that I have already done my homework. The current commercial Chess
>>>> Tiger engine features "easy levels" that have been implemented initially
>>>> for
>>>> the PalmOS version (just have a look at http://www.chesstiger.com and click
>>>> on FAQ, but I think you know that already).
>>>> The GUIs (Lokasoft, ChessAssistant, ChessBase) do not take advantage of
>>>> this feature, but it's already there.
>
>>> well, how about making an UCI out of ChessTiger 16 ? Then all the features
>>> could be sent to the GUI and you must not wait until they implement it.
>>> (personally I would prefer a winboard-Tiger, but that has maybe some
>>> historic reasons... :)
>
>> No UCI or WinBoard version at this time is a commercial decision.
>> If you want Tiger in your GUI, you have to pay a license.
>
>that's nearly exactly the answer I was afraid of... understandable - but
>understand us cc-enthusiasts that we would like to have anyway a UCI/WB version
>of it... :)
>
>Greets, Thomas
It is possible that you will get a free XBoard version in the future. The price
for you -the user- will be that you will have to install Linux and play with it
a little bit.
Some might actually end up using Linux for other tasks and maybe eventually
using it all the time... That's a wish.
Christophe
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