Author: Côme
Date: 06:21:28 09/09/05
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On September 09, 2005 at 08:43:41, Uri Blass wrote: >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 It is strongly rumored GM Jeroen Piket is really behind Oosterom success in the WC....
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