Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 13:53:31 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 16:44:10, Andrew Williams wrote: >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 Let's hope Zappa and Fruit stay free, that will put tremendous pressure on Chessbase to innovate the GUI. If Zappa and Fruit go commercial, that slows the advancement of the field as a whole. Roger
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