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Subject: Re: Live broadcast (games, video, and audio) with GM commentary at PlayC

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 03:35:59 07/04/04

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On July 04, 2004 at 06:31:27, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>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/


Sorry, often 2+2 isn't like 4 - because here I read hastily Boris Alterman, but
that is in a simul LOL and I read Championship but this was the FIDE Wch.

Frank, please, also a Pope can fail if he's speaking outside the cathedral. :)

P.S. Still I'm sure that you can get these games at ICC!



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