Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 14:39:28 09/04/05
There, I said it. I can't believe what I'm reading in the "Zappa retail no UCI whine whine" thread. 95% of the people posting in that thread are or have always been happily using Junior, Fritz, Hiarcs, Nimzo and ChessTiger versions which only run under 1 interface. The ChessBase interface has historically always had SEVERE bugs in UCI and/or WinBoard support which coincidencially always handicapped the external engines. Yes, some of the most visible bugs have been fixed, but the interface still has many left[1] and I am sure other ones will 'accidentally' be introduced again in the future. You are really asking all engine authors to BEND OVER for their competitor, so THEY have to work around the bugs of ChessBase and, if they are very lucky, then perhaps be able to play some games without too much handicap (book, learning) in the competitors GUI. Don't give me any crap about Arena or Shredder, I know 95% of you is really using Fritz so you can test against CB engines. I can easily tell from the support questions. I asked Vincent and he confirmed that his GUI *does* support UCI correctly, so you can still play your beloved UCI engines against Zappa *in it's own GUI*. What, not happy because you can't test Fritz against Zappa easily? Well, tough luck. Why did you buy Fritz or Junior anyway as it has NEVER supported playing in anything else than it's native interface? And now you are complaining about Zappa? Can you spell "HYPOCRITE"? At least this way we can perhaps get some INNOVATION and NEW FEATURES inside a GUI. I have been here long enough that I remember the time when there was really competition in that area, and a new release brought something special, something new in terms of features. This is GONE with the hegemony of ChessBase GUI's and it CANNOT be restored if one sells engines just so they can run under Yet Another Buggy ChessBase GUI. I am very curious to see Zappa be released commercially and will certainly buy it not only for the engine, but also to see what FEATURES the GUI can offer. It's already very said that computer chess has been damaged so much by the hegemony of one vendor and now you, users, are ASKING for it to be continued. Are you really so blind, so shortsighted, and so DUMB that you cannot see that another interface also offers many ADVANTAGES? So please, all the !#%&(%* that are saying they won't buy Zappa if it doesn't do UCI: go buy Fritz 9 and enoy your HUMAN-OPTIMIZED ALL NEW IMPROVED MORE KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE CRASHES ONLY EVERY 5 MINUTES CHESSPROGRAM THAT DOESNT SUPPORT UCI ANYWAY! Meanwhile, sane people can enjoy a game against the WORLD CHAMPION in a new GUI that I am very curious to see. -- GCP
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