Author: Alex
Date: 12:33:47 12/03/04
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On December 03, 2004 at 08:17:25, Steve B wrote: >Hi Alex > >>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! > >i feel you pain >the problem you have is that you are stuck in the never ending catch 22 myre of >PC Chess Engines >Fritz >Shredder >Cmaster >etcetc > >as soon as you load up the newest version of say Fritz and finally get it >running on your PC along comes an update..and you must dance the upgrade dance. >then,as soon as you have the upgrade working in 12 different GUI'S then along >comes a new version of say Shredder which is reportedly 2.4 elo stronger.. >so off you go with the new version of Shredder and all 12 different GUI'S.. >now you are all set to go..no wait..hello! new version of Shredder is out ..3/4 >of one elo point better!! >load up them 12 GUI'S!! > >ON AND ON.. AD NAUSEUM > >and as we all know, the very first version of Fritz or Shredder or even Cmaster >2100 can beat probably 99.9% of every chess player that ever lived >you never want to play these engines a game because you get crushed in the first >20 moves >so to justify your purchase you play one engine against another and sit idly by >as the computer does the thinking and you watch like a spectator >your chess never improves..only your ability to install the program into 12 >Gui's > > >what you need my man is a DEDICATED chess computer >you will never worry about upgrading >you will play the machine until you can beat it..increase the level..until you >can beat it and when you are done you will be 200-300 Elo points stronger >you will sit down in front of a REAL board with REAL pieces and play chess >you will SLAM pieces in Blitz >GLIDE pieces in time pressure >TOSS the pieces about the room if you lose Yes but I want the piece to land in my opponents eye! I want interactive opponents! Yes you ARE QUITE correct in all you have said here tho. thanks Alex >you will be playing REAL CHESS and you will improve > >THIS is the way to go for your several hundred dollars.. >may i suggest you browse around in this lovely little store where most of the >chess computers available for sale are well within your spending limit: > >http://www.chessusa.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?page=8.html > >Best >Steve
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