Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:43:41 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 08:06:29, Torstein Hall wrote: >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. > >I am quite sure you are correct on this one. I read an interview with a >norwegian cor. GM Ivar Bern who is close to winning in the corr. World >Championship. (I am not sure for what year...) He used an old version of Fritz >and was happy to make the strategical choices himself, while he checked all the >tactics with Fritz. > >Torstein I checked and he is probably one of the winners in the 17th final with 10.5/16 only one player with 5/9 can in thoery score more than him. I know that there are people that do it but I am surprised that it could work also on the level of winning a world title. I think that the fact that GM Oosterom, Joop J. van scores so well also suggest that the level of the correspondence players is not very high. He scored 11/15 in the 18th final and now is playing in the 21th final. It is interesting how many points he is going to get there. I think that it should be harder for him to win games because as favourite I expect most of the opponents to play for a draw against him and choose lines that gives bigger probability for a draw. Uri
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