Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 20:59:50 12/02/04
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On December 02, 2004 at 23:50:33, Alex wrote: >YE GAWD!! Here I am a man with literally Hundreds of dollars to spend!! I LOVE >chess!! BUT! Where o where dooo I spend my money??I have all the versions of >the chessbase programs! Perhpas NOT the latest versions of them all.. but hey! >We all see wassup wi dat! A NEW (supposedly) version MAY only mean a rating >difference of 20 + plus points! (Indeed that is if and I reiterate IF the SSDF >is NOT in cahoots with chessbase! Perhaps it is not.... Understand that I am >NOT a programmer! I am an ARDENT chess enthusiast! I will pay for NEW and >IMPROVED! I will indeed support programmers! Heavens - I own all the >incarnations of the KING and other engines as well. But I want results! I can >beat most the major engines occasionally. Strength of engine is INDEED fun! I >want MORE!! Like what? Save your nickels to buy a multi-processor machine. >Chess is a LONELY game. Intellectual masturbation if >you will pardon the term! >Give ME animated and deep personalities to play against! A veritable >smorgasboard of personalities to play against! Why don't you join a chess server. >DO the research! I want to play >against THE Nimzovich and THE alekhineanf RETI! I want a PERSON sitting across >from me in perhaps the spanish room of Fritz! With actual quotes from Nimzo! >INdeed ! And Nimzo's book! ANd perhaps A NE0 nimzo book as if he were alive >today! have him be bizzare! Like stand on his head in a yoga position as he was >reorted to have done in a tournamen especially is he looses >! AND have the Board sounds when one make a sacrifice to be LOUDER! GET the >idea! Insults! I need insults!! I NEED DIALOGUE!! ESPECIALLY WITH MY FAVORITE >OLD MASTERS!! HAVE NIMZO AND TARRASCH GET IN A VIDEO FIST FIGHT! I recently >went into a software store where they sold Fritz 8 deluxe and a cheap 20.00 >program called "tournament chess2" I bought the cheap program. Why? Because >it had AMBIANCE!! Power Chess had the Power chess queen that TALKED to me!! >GET the IDEA! I love fritz --etc. Do you HEAR what I am saying?? You could always try playing real people. They've got plenty of personality and they exist in all levels of strength. Why settle for a dim facsimile?
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