Author: ERIQ
Date: 20:31:19 11/20/04
Go up one level in this thread
On November 20, 2004 at 21:11:14, Chuck wrote: >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. ICC is a dying server now w/ all of it's issues, I don't blame them a bit. Why would I choose a chess web server that doesn't even have an English help file? why not ?! 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. why would it exclude you ?? I have little need to talk to anyone while playing and most will find the interface easy to figure out anyway. >Again, I think overall that CA8 may be worth trying, but certainly not for the >internet chess service. Chessbase beware. I agree the internet service has fallen by the waste side but CA in general is a great product that seems to keep getting better, IMHO I think f.i.c.s. would have been a better choice for them but what do I know? :) >Chuck
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.