Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 18:29:47 01/08/99
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Thank you for this information. This is some confirmation to my way of thinking that Chess Base's greed has got the better of their common sence. Cheers... mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On January 08, 1999 at 21:07:07, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 08, 1999 at 15:45:14, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>Hi All - I have both Junior5 and Fritz5.32 (bought separately). Can Nimzo99 >>work with either of these Chess Base programs, or do I have to buy yet another >>nearly identical Fritz-like interface to use it? I mean I can understand a >>company wanting to make money, and even more money from their stable of >>products, but really - Enough is Enough! >> >>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >Hello, >I have all three and in my opinion the Nimzo 99 program is useless. It comes >with the 32 bit GUI but it has flaws and they haven't taken the time to put out >a patch for it yet(Not talking about the engine which did have a patch). Both >Junior and Fritz beat Nimzo like they own it. I'm suspicious that the rating is >below Nimzo98. I would like to see some test done soon. It's just like the >Junior 5 package. No database,no endgame CD but the price is higher than Fritz >5.32 which comes with both and works better. I had trouble with the "Hash >learning" function. When the program terminated unexpectedly (Like with Auto232 >games) it would sometimes save the CBNIMZO.LRN file with "0" bytes losing all >the learned info. Then in a later game it would store info and look normal >again. Running it in the Fritz 5.32 GUI works better and I haven't had an >unusual termination lately. >Jim Walker
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