Author: Madhavan
Date: 04:26:20 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 07:21:52, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 09, 2005 at 06:41:24, Alex Shalamanov wrote: > >>On September 09, 2005 at 05:55:16, Madhavan wrote: >> >>>I expect that there would be less customers if shredder were to be released >>>sooner because of its WCCC results. >>>For Fruit,I don't know I expect Fabien to give us a great surprise by releasing >>>his program freely [with or without code] >>>I don't want source code anyway :) >> >>I don't know. The correspondence chess community does not always take into >>account the WCCC results because engine to engine games are not very important >>for them. > >As a correspondence player engine games are important for me. > > > What is more important for CC players is good deep analysis, training >>and commenting facilities that is why they choose mostly CB Shredder or Fritz. > >I see no difference between Shredder UCI and CB Shredder and every engine that >can be used under CB interface. > > >>Since CC players are likely the most customers for chess products apart from OTB >>titled players, it's this chess group that makes ultimate profits for chess >>software developers. > >I doubt it. > >Are there more than 1000 correspondence players who buy new chessbase programs? > >My guess is that part of them use old programs and part of them crack chessbase >software. > >There are less than 3000 players with ICCF rating of more than 2400 and I know >that part of the players with ICCF rating of more than 2400 use old software and >I guess that today big part is using only free software or quitted >correspondence games. > > From my own CC experience I can say that most of my >>opponents have been using Fritz or Deep Fritz as a chess engine which is the >>most CC-friendly product. > >I do not agree that Fritz is the most CC-friendly product and I see no >difference between using Fritz and using another engine under Fritz. Fritz is more popular than other Chessbase softwares,It available near a shop.I can't find Junior or shredder in that shop I'm talking about Fritz's 20$ software which I bought from VivaMedia and not from chessbase. >I think that using Fritz may be productive not because it is better than other >programs but because it is used by other players so it can be productive to >predict their moves. > >Uri
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