Author: Chuck
Date: 18:11:14 11/20/04
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Seems like more of an advertisement than a review. Seriously. A couple of points to elaborate: 1. Only one negative comment is made, that being an upfront disclaimer about the dropping of ICC, obviously putting the fire out first. After that, no contrasts with other programs that put CA in a negative light. This is not a review. It's a commercial. 2. It seems that all of your recent reviews are only of Convekta products (not to mention you were a beta tester), so I think you should state up front what your relationship is with the company, if any. Now my opinion, as a long-time CB8 user, is that Chess Assistant may be a worthwhile competitor. One issue on which I have no data, is how often it crashes or corrupts data files. I have know CB8 to occasionally corrupt data files. Overall, it seems worth a try, especially if the price is less than Chessbase, and what I've seen of CB9 hasn't impressed me yet. On the other hand, I see the dropping of ICC for the server chosen as a big mistake. Perhaps giving the option of another, more international server would have done better? My point here is I recognize ICC is not the best corporate partner, especially since they think they already have everything, but the chosen server is hardly acceptable, in my opinion, to the English-speaking market. Why would I choose a chess web server that doesn't even have an English help file? No matter how you try to spin it, your arguement won't fly when there are a number of native English chess servers out there. I have to sum this up as Convekta choosing the Russian market over the English market, which is their choice and I'm sure the Russian market is big, but it does exclude me. Again, I think overall that CA8 may be worth trying, but certainly not for the internet chess service. Chessbase beware. Chuck
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