Author: Günther Simon
Date: 23:34:00 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 15:00:53, Ingo Bauer wrote: >>The co-author of the UCI standard doesn't use the "own book" option for his >>engine/book. Even Gandalf has this option. I will guarantee if Hiarcs becomes >>available as UCI, it will support this. > >IIRC: In the beginning UCI was designed as "stateless", which means that the >engine does not know anything about the game itself. Because many programmers >demanded the possibility to use their own book the "own book" feature was >implemented (as the "usinewgame" feature was implemented shortly). > >>It is almost a proprietary move to force people to use your interface, yet in >>the same regard it isn't because you allow the engine to be used elsewhere, but >>the book is locked. > >In the meantime we now that you do not like the decision but your reasoning is a >bit odd to me. With the same argument you could deny to buy any Chessbase engine >because the book is completly handled by the the CB-GUI AND the Engines are not >able to run somewhere else. It seems Chessbase is "forcing" you to their >interface even more. Will you argue against their decisions with the same effort >OR will you buy S9 from Shredderchess if Stefan is offering you a S9 version >that is able only to run in the Classic interface? I doubt that this question >needs an answer! > >I think i have said all I can in this matter! > >Bye >Ingo Bauer Ingo, what has the book issue to do with CB? In my example I want to be able to run Shredder in WB with its own book, or what about Lokasoft or ChessAssistant etc... Lokasoft does it the very best way, as it allows its programs to access the book from the installed Lokasoft GUI, when playing _outside_ in another GUI. (And DeepSjeng e.g. is fully UCI) I wish Stefan would overthink this. A happy S9 user (would be much more happy with S9 book anywhere, though). Regards, Guenther Simon
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