Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 13:44:10 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 16:37:19, Roger D Davis wrote: >On August 20, 2005 at 15:48:13, Arifur Rahman wrote: > >>Well, it’s not like that Shredder did badly only in this tourney. Even in the >>Chess960 tournament in Germany Shredder finished 4th. >> >>This shows at least that the amateur programs have caught up (even passed?) with >>the top commercial programs. The main (maybe the only?) reason for buying a >>Fritz , Shredder etc over Zappa or Fruit will be because of the GUI that comes >>with the commercial programs. >> >> >>/Arifur > >The advance of amateurs is great. Strength will no longer distinguish Chessbase >from the rest of the pack. In fact, its engines might end up being middle of the >pack in another few months. Chessbase will need to be more ingenious in terms of >its interface, the playchess server, and put more database features into its >Fritz interface in order to keep marketshare. That's great for us. > ... or they could sign up Zappa and Fruit! Andrew >The best chess interface hasn't been invented yet. > >Roger
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