Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 03:31:27 07/04/04
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On July 04, 2004 at 06:11:07, Frank Phillips wrote: >On July 04, 2004 at 05:47:34, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On July 04, 2004 at 03:47:50, Frank Phillips wrote: >> >>>On July 04, 2004 at 02:11:26, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>Live broadcast (games, video, and audio) with commentary by GM Boris Alterman at >>>>PlayChess server. The free client can be downloaded from >>>>http://www.playchess.com >>> >>>Any relay for those without MS OS ? >> >> >>Certainly not. Everything what ChessBase has created was always connected to the >>always actually most advanced hardware or software development of Intel and MS. >>So often you couldn't use the new version of ChessBase if you either didn't >>update to more memory space or say WIN 95. For example you can't use Fritz 8 or >>ChessBase 8 without WIN 98 or XP. That has nothing to do with pure chess. It's >>sometimes a thing of 3D (therefore XP & DivX etc.) or such. Also the engines >>formerly were adapted to Intel. Only after it turned out that AMD was even >>better for chess purposes the authors tuned their code for AMD too. >> >>I don't know if one should criticise this trend. It's simply a marketing and >>economical neccessity. Viewed from the perspective of business. >> >>Just try to log on ICC, they offer also live transmissions of the games and much >>more in their rooms. > >This why I asked: there is no obvious indication that ICC are relaying the >event. Are you sure they are? Just take a look and read the planned events - with live commentary. http://www.chessclub.com/
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