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Subject: Re: Why to buy UCI not ChessBase ...

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 05:53:41 02/07/05

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On February 07, 2005 at 08:06:54, George Sobala wrote:

>On February 07, 2005 at 03:33:29, Mimic wrote:
>
>>On February 07, 2005 at 02:53:25, George Sobala wrote:
>>
>>>UCI version ready at www.shredderchess.com
>>
>>
>>A download version cost US$49.95 is expensive ,
>>I can use the same price to buy a chessbase version of shredder 9 .
>
>(a) but I can use the UCI version in ChessPartner, Arena, Chess Assistant AND
>ChessBase GUIs. It's not included in the ChessBase version anymore.
>
>(b) once on the ShredderClassic GUI purchase ladder, updates will cost less than
>buying the full product from ChessBase each time. E.g. I already had Shredder
>Classic 1.1, so this was quite a cheap upgrade for me (< GBP 18).
>
>(c) I bet the author gets a bigger cut if you buy straight from him than from
>ChessBase.

ANd he gets DOUBLE the price for a 2-8 processor version, ala -- Deep Shredder
9.

I will NOT be buying that. I have dual machine and now Shredder 9 does NOT
support dual preocessor. Shredder has always supported 2 processors. Nice going.
>
>(d) You won't get the best book from ChessBase
>
>(e) You won't get online 6-man TB access from ChessBase.



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