Author: Madhavan
Date: 02:34:31 07/06/05
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On July 06, 2005 at 05:21:55, Robert Hollay wrote: >On July 06, 2005 at 04:07:52, Uri Blass wrote: > >>> >>>you bet,Let's explain chess program vs chess program to some buyer that doesnt >>>know it,he buys software for playing with it. >> >>No need to buy programs for that purpose. >>There is more than enough free programs to play against them and the free gui of >>winboard or arena are good enough for that purpose. >> >>Uri > >I'm using both Winboard and Arena, and I'm quite satisfied with them. What >are the important plus features in commercial GUIs (Fritz, etc.) that are not >in the free GUIs? teaching and coach mode plus database game files,ofcourse. 1 year playchess user handle,nothing much,If you don't have chessbase,you may miss cool graphics.basically thats it. >OK, Fritz engine cannot run in other GUIs, but are there any other real benefits >of having such a GUI? Having Chessbase GUI,you can run wb/UCI and chessbase engines,thats the main thing to note about chessbase. >Robert
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