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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